Prevalences of shiga toxin subtypes and selected other virulence factors among Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from fresh produce

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 6917-6923

  Feng, Peter C H ^a   Reddy, Shanker ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOTOXINS; FRESH PRODUCE; INTIMIN; PREVALENCE RATES; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

STRAIN;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; LEAFY VEGETABLE; PROTEIN; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ADHESIN; ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, E COLI; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACH;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84886675817     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02455-13     Document Type: Article

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