Genetic characterization of Escherichia coli O104 isolates from different sources in the United States

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1615-1618

  Rump, Lydia V ^a   Bodeis Jones, Sonya ^b   Abbott, Jason ^b   Zhao, Shaohua ^b   Kase, Julie ^c   Lorenz, Sandra ^c,d   Fischer, Markus ^d   Brown, Eric ^c   Meng, Jianghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Center for Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING E. COLI; VIRULENCE GENE;

GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; PATHOGENICITY; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857089099     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07533-11     Document Type: Article

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