Occurrence of virulence genes associated with diarrheagenic pathotypes in Escherichia coli isolates from surface water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 328-335

  Sidhu, Jatinder P S ^a,b   Ahmed, Warish ^a,b   Hodgers, Leonie ^a   Toze, Simon ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; DRY PERIODS; E. COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE; HIGH FREQUENCY; PATHOTYPE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATERS; VIRULENCE GENE;

GENES; STORMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871856679     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02888-12     Document Type: Article

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