Evolutionary analysis and distribution of type III effector genes in pathogenic Escherichia coli from human, animal and food sources

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 439-452

  Creuzburg, Kristina ^a   Middendorf, Barbara ^b   Mellmann, Alexander ^b   Martaler, Tatjana ^a   Holz, Christina ^b   Fruth, Angelika ^c   Karch, Helge ^b   Schmidt, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79551505342     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02349.x     Document Type: Article

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