Pathogenicity island markers, virulence determinants malX and usp, and the capacity of Escherichia coli to persist in infants' commensal microbiotas

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2303-2308

  Östblom, Anna ^a   Adlerberth, Ingegerd ^a   Wold, Agnes E ^a   Nowrouzian, Forough L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELONG TO; CHROMOSOMAL REGIONS; E. COLI; FIRST YEAR; MICROBIOTAS; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; TRANSIENT STRAIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; HEALTH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MALX PROTEIN, E COLI; USP PROTEIN, E COLI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CHILD HEALTH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; GENE; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; PERSISTENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SWEDEN; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953290167     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02405-10     Document Type: Article

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