Detection of stx 1 and stx 2 genes in Pennsylvanian white-tailed deer

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-646

  Kistler, Whitney M ^a   Mulugeta, Surafel ^b   Mauro, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative PCR; Shiga toxin; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; BACTERIAL DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN 1 GENE; SHIGA TOXIN 2 GENE; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMALS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; PENNSYLVANIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79959655134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3060640     Document Type: Article

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