Complete DNA sequence analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli plasmid po157_2 in β-Glucuronidase-positive E. coli O157:H7 reveals a novel evolutionary path

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3457-3463

  Rump, L V ^a   Meng, J ^a   Strain, E A ^b   Cao, G ^a   Allard, M W ^a   Gonzalez Escalona, N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HEMOLYSIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION; NON SORBITOL FERMENTING ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864010995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00197-12     Document Type: Article

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