Escherichia albertii, a newly emerging enteric pathogen with poorly defined properties

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-95

  Nimri, Laila F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Escherichia albertii; Escherichia coli; Phenotypic and genotypic properties; Serotypes; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MANNITOL; MANNOSE; SUGAR;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CDTB GENE; CELL MOTILITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAEA GENE; EHXA GENE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA ALBERTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LYSP GENE; MDH GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA BOYDII; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STX2F GENE;

ESCHERICHIA ALBERTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC PROPERTIES; SEROTYPES; VIRULENCE MARKERS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84884413356     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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