Determination of adhesin gene sequences in, and biofilm formation by, O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from different sources

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2201-2208

  Biscola, Franciele Tafarello ^a   Abe, Cecilia Mari ^b   Guth, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AGAR PLATES; BIOFILM FORMATION; CONGO RED; GENE SEQUENCES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN;

ASSAYS; AZO DYES; BIOFILTERS; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOFILMS;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CONGO RED;

BIOFILM; CELLULOSE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; PERSISTENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BIOFILMS; CONGO RED; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953267182     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01920-10     Document Type: Article

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