Rcsb contributes to the distinct stress fitness among escherichia coli O157: H7 curli variants of the 1993 hamburger-associated outbreak strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7706-7719

  Carter, Michelle Q ^a   Parker, Craig T ^a   Louie, Jacqueline W ^a   Huynh, Steven ^a   Fagerquist, Clifton K ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; CATABOLIC ACTIVITY; CELL AGGREGATION; CURLI PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENE; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOME INSTABILITY; HEAT-SHOCK; MOLECULAR BASIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; RESPONSE REGULATORS; STRESS RESISTANCE; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TWO-COMPONENT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEMS;

ACID RESISTANCE; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HDEA PROTEIN, E COLI; RCSB PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOFILM; CATABOLISM; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECAL COLIFORM; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIA; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEAT; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868618696     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02157-12     Document Type: Article

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