Identification of potentially diarrheagenic atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains present in Canadian food animals at slaughter and in retail meats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3892-3896

  Comery, Raven ^a   Thanabalasuriar, Ajitha ^a   Garneau, Philippe ^b   Portt, Andrea ^a   Boerlin, Patrick ^d   Reid Smith, Richard J ^d,e   Harel, Josée ^b   Manges, Amee R ^c   Gruenheid, Samantha ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E. COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC; FOOD ANIMALS; LESION FORMATION; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VIRULENCE GENE;

ANIMALS; FOOD SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; RETAILING; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD SUPPLY; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84878530267     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00182-13     Document Type: Article

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