Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains from cattle as a source of the Stx2a bacteriophages present in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104: H4 strains

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 595-602

  Beutin, Lothar ^a   Hammerl, Jens A ^a   Reetz, Jochen ^a   Strauch, Eckhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Bovines; E. coli O104:H4; Evolution; Shiga toxins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CATTLE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRION;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BOVINES; E. COLI O104:H4; EVOLUTION; SHIGA-TOXINS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLIPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRION;

EID: 84887611866     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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