Biofilm as an environment for dissemination of stx genes by transduction

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 896-900

  Solheim, H T ^a   Sekse, C ^a   Urdahl, A M ^a   Wasteson, Y ^b   Nesse, L L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INFECTION RATES; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; SHIGA TOXIN; STX GENES;

BIOFILMS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; DNA; GENE; INFECTIVITY; PLASMID; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; SHIGA TOXIN; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84873846309     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03512-12     Document Type: Article

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