Molecular hazard identification of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Franz, Eelco ^a   Van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a   Wuite, Mark ^a,c   Van Der Wal, Fimme J ^b   De Boer, Albert G ^b   Bouw, E I ^a   Aarts, Henk J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAE GENE; EHXA GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IHA GENE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RPOS GENE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI NON O157; STX2 GENE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84925609213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120353     Document Type: Article

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