Interaction of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli with salad leaves

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 234-239

  Berger, Cedric N ^a   Shaw, Robert K ^a,b   Ruiz Perez, Fernando ^c   Nataro, James P ^c   Henderson, Ian R ^b   Pallen, Mark J ^b   Frankel, Gad ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERUCA SATIVA; ERUCA VESICARIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956279959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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