Putative Virulence Genes and Biofilm Production Among Typical Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolates from Diarrhoeic Children in Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-592

  Wani, S A ^a   Hussain, I ^a   Rather, M A ^a   Kabli, Z A ^a   Nagamani, K ^b   Nishikawa, Y ^c   Qureshi, S D ^a   Khan, I ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

aap; EAEC; irp2; pet; set1A; shf

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84870780294     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-012-0284-9     Document Type: Article

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