Age as a factor influencing diversity of commensal E. coli microflora in pigs

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-171

  Bok, Ewa ^a   Mazurek, Justyna ^a   Pusz, Paweł ^a   Stosik, Michał ^a   Baldy Chudzik, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

BOX PCR fingerprinting; Commensal E. coli; Healthy pigs; Phylogenetic grouping; Virulence genes profiles

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMH GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLYA GENE; INTESTINE FLORA; MATURATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PAPA GENE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SFAS GENE; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880148027     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2013-021     Document Type: Article

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