Virulence factors and antibiotic susceptibility among verotoxic non O157: H7 Escherichia coli isolates obtained from water and wastewater samples in Cape Town, South Africa

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 64, 2011, Pages 14160-14168

  Doughari, Hamuel James ^a   Ndakidemi, Patrick Alois ^a   Human, Izanne Susan ^a   Benade, Spinney ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell surface hydrophobicity; Curtisia dentata; Escherichia coli; Gelatinase; Haemolysins; Plant extracts; Verotoxins

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CURTISIA DENTATA EXTRACT; GELATINASE; HEMOLYSIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RIVER WATER; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURTISIA DENTATA; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURTISIA DENTATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80054861832     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.1534     Document Type: Article

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