Porcine E. coli: Virulence-Associated Genes, Resistance Genes and Adhesion and Probiotic Activity Tested by a New Screening Method

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Schierack, Peter ^a   Rödiger, Stefan ^a   Kuhl, Christoph ^a   Hiemann, Rico ^a   Roggenbuck, Dirk ^a   Li, Ganwu ^b   Weinreich, Jörg ^a   Berger, Enrico ^a   Nolan, Lisa K ^b   Nicholson, Bryon ^b   Römer, Antje ^c   Frömmel, Ulrike ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^d   Schröder, Christian ^a  

^a Hochschule Lausitz (FH)   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F1C FIMBRIAE GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE CELL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORCINE ESCHERICHIA COLI; S FIMBRIAE GENE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84876886854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059242     Document Type: Article

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