Virulence characterization of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from wholesale produce

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 343-345

  Feng, Peter C H ^a   Councell, Terry ^b   Keys, Christine ^a   Monday, Steven R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CONCERNS; READY-TO-EAT; SEROTYPES; TOXIGENIC; VIRULENCE GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LETTUCE; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79251640683     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01872-10     Document Type: Article

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