Role of the ehxa gene from escherichia coli serotype O82 in hemolysis, biofilm formation, and in vivo virulence

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 335-341

  Jiang, Chenggang ^a   An, Tongqing ^a   Wang, Shujie ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Si, Wei ^a   Tu, Yabin ^a   Liu, Yonggang ^a   Wu, Jianan ^a   Liu, Siguo ^a   Cai, Xuehui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biofilm; EhxA gene; Escherichia coli; Virulence

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, E COLI;

BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENE; HOMOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHXA GENE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI HLJ1122; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; HEMOLYSIS; HEP 2 CELL LINE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MUCOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROTYPE; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEROGROUP; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84929455851     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0824     Document Type: Article

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