Surface structures involved in plant stomata and leaf colonization by Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157: H7

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Saldaña, Zeus ^a   Sánchez, Ethel ^b   Xicohtencatl Cortes, Juan ^c   Puente, Jose Luis ^d   Girón, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

O157:H7; Pathogenesis; Pili; Plant colonization; Spinach; STEC; Stomata; T3SS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856853820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00119     Document Type: Article

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