Molecular characterization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from the environment of a dairy farm

Current Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-343

  Polifroni, Rosana ^a   Etcheverría, Analía I ^a   Sanz, Marcelo E ^a   Cepeda, Rosana E ^a   Krüger, Alejandra ^a   Lucchesi, Paula M A ^a   Fernández, Daniel ^a   Parma, Alberto E ^a   Padola, Nora L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; EAE GENE; EHXA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAA GENE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAIRYING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; MANURE; PLASMIDS; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONOPLEX;

EID: 84865998604     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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