Comparison of six chromogenic agar media for the isolation of a broad variety of non-o157 shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6965-6978

  Verhaegen, Bavo ^a,b   De Reu, Koen ^a   Heyndrickx, Marc ^a,b   De Zutter, Lieven ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agar media; Chromogenic; Isolation; Non O157; Quantitative; Shigatoxin producing E. coli

Indexed keywords

AGAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERB GENE; TERC GENE; TERD GENE; TERE GENE; VALIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STANDARDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGAR; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AGAR; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEROGROUP; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84934994325     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120606965     Document Type: Article

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