Role of curli and cellulose expression in adherence of escherichia coli O157:H7 to spinach leaves

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-167

  MacArisin, Dumitru ^a   Patel, Jitendra ^a   Bauchan, Gary ^a   Giron, Jorge A ^b   Sharma, Vijay K ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURLI FIBER; FIBER; FOOD POISONING; INCUBATION TIME; LEAF SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACH;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84856884020     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.1020     Document Type: Article

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