Genome signatures of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from the bovine host reservoir

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2916-2925

  Eppinger, Mark ^a   Mammel, Mark K ^b   LeClerc, Joseph E ^b   Ravel, Jacques ^a   Cebula, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E.COLI O157:H7; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; GENOMIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES; HOST RESERVOIRS; HUMAN DISEASE; HUMAN PATHOGENS; NOVEL LINEAGES; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES; POLYMORPHIC LOCI; POLYMORPHIC MARKERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIGA TOXIN; TYPING SYSTEMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGRICULTURE; GENES; STRAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955638462     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02554-10     Document Type: Article

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