Molecular characterization of uropathogenic and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Regua Mangia, Adriana Hamond ^a   Irino, Kinue ^b   Da Silva Pacheco, Raquel ^a   Pimentel Bezerra, Rose Mary ^a   Santos Périssé, André Reynaldo ^a   Teixeira, Lucia Martins ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli pathotypes; Molecular characterization; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649672806     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900364     Document Type: Article

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