Occurrence of intestinal and extraintestinal virulence genes in Escherichia coli isolates from rainwater tanks in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7394-7400

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Hodgers, L ^a   Masters, N ^b   Sidhu, J P S ^a,b   Katouli, M ^b   Toze, S ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; E. COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; QUEENSLAND; UV DISINFECTION; VIRULENCE GENE;

GENES; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC RISKS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RAIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; RAIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 82955168971     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06047-11     Document Type: Article

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