Effect of long-term starvation on the survival, recovery, and carbon utilization profiles of a bovine Escherichia coli O157: H7 isolate from New Zealand

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4383-4390

  Xavier, Ron N ^a,b   Morgan, Hugh W ^b   McDonald, Ian R ^b   Withers, Helen ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; RECOVERY;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CARBON STARVATION; CARBON UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CARBON; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; RUMINANT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW ZEALAND;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEW ZEALAND; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903170327     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00045-14     Document Type: Article

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