Analyses of intestinal commensal Escherichia coli strains from wild boars suggest adaptation to conventional pig production conditions

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 122-129

  Römer, Antje ^a,b   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Schierack, Peter ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

^c Hochschule Lausitz (FH)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Commensal; Conventional pig production; Domestic pigs; E. coli; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

GALACTITOL; INOSITOL; SUCROSE; TAGATOSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ADHESION; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84869887824     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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