Evaluating the pathogenic potential of environmental Escherichia coli by using the caenorhabditis elegans infection model

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2435-2445

  Merkx Jacques, Alexandra ^a   Coors, Anja ^b   Brousseau, Roland ^c   Masson, Luke ^c   Mazza, Alberto ^c   Tien, Yuan Ching ^a   Topp, Edward ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL; RECREATIONAL WATER; SIDEROPHORE RECEPTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BIOASSAY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABUNDANCE; BIOASSAY; COMMENSAL; DETECTION METHOD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANADA; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875545951     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03501-12     Document Type: Article

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