Role of O-antigen on the Escherichia coli O157:H7 Cells hydrophobicity, charge and ability to attach to lettuce

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-232

  Boyer, Renee R ^a   Sumner, Susan S ^a   Williams, Robert C ^a   Kniel, Kalmia E ^b   McKinney, Julie M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cell charge; E. coli O157:H7; Hydrophobicity; Lettuce; O antigen

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LETTUCE; O ANTIGENS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 79957602367     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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