Shiga toxin-converting phages and the emergence of new pathogenic Escherichia coli: A world in motion

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Tozzoli, Rosangela ^a   Grande, Laura ^a   Michelacci, Valeria ^a   Ranieri, Paola ^a   Maugliani, Antonella ^a   Caprioli, Alfredo ^a   Morabito, Stefano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Pathogroups; Shigatoxin; STEC; Stx phages

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; COLIPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LYSOGENIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGROUPS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIGATOXIN; STEC; STX-PHAGES; VIROLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGROUPS; SHIGATOXIN; STEC; STX-PHAGES;

COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

EID: 84905090907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00080     Document Type: Article

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