Virulence gene profiling of enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) Escherichia coli strains: A basis for molecular risk assessment of typical and atypical EPEC strains

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bugarel, Marie ^a   Martin, Annett ^b   Fach, Patrick ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^b  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EHXA PROTEIN; ENT PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ESPK PROTEIN; ESPL2 PROTEIN; ESPP PROTEIN; ETPD PROTEIN; KATP PROTEIN; NLEA PROTEIN; NLEB PROTEIN; NLEE PROTEIN; NLEF PROTEIN; NLEG5 2 PROTEIN; NLEG6 2 PROTEIN; NLEH1 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79959230202     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-142     Document Type: Article

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