A novel transducible chimeric phage from Escherichia coli O157: H7 Sakai strain encoding Stx1 production

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-47

  Sváb, Domonkos ^a   Bálint, Balázs ^b   Maróti, Gergely ^a   Tóth, István ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEQOMICS BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lysogenic conversion; O157:H7; Phage recombination; Sakai strain; Stx phages

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; PODOVIRIDAE;

SHIGA TOXIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOME, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIROLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOME, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PODOVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

EID: 84910671479     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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