Carriage of stx2a Differentiates Clinical and Bovine-Biased Strains of Escherichia coli O157

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Shringi, Smriti ^a   Schmidt, Carrie ^a   Katherine, Kaya ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGW PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN 2A; SHIGA TOXIN 2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; WRBA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHIGA TOXIN 2A GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN 2; VIRULENCE;

BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871156178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051572     Document Type: Article

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