Subtilase cytotoxin-coding genes in verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains from sheep and goats differ from those from cattle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8259-8264

  Orden, José A ^a   Horcajo, Pilar ^a   de la Fuente, Ricardo ^a   Ruiz Santa Quiteria, José A ^a   Domínguez Bernal, Gustavo ^a   Carrión, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXINS; E. COLI; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN DISEASE; SMALL RUMINANTS; VIRULENCE GENE;

CODES (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MAMMALS; WOOL;

STRAIN;

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SUBTILASE CYTOTOXIN, E COLI; SUBTILISIN;

CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; GOATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 83255192313     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05604-11     Document Type: Article

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