Enterohemorrhagic strains of Escherichia coli (EHEC) and Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages;Enterokrwotoczne szczepy Escherichia coli (EHEC) i bakteriofagi koduja̧ce toksyny Shiga

Postepy Mikrobiologii

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Łoś, Joanna Monika ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic strains of Escherichia coli; Lambdoid bacteriophages; Prophage induction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80355149227     PISSN: 00794252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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