Occurrence of virulence gene signatures associated with diarrhoeagenic and non-diarrhoeagenic pathovars of Escherichia coli isolates from some selected rivers in South-Western Nigeria

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Titilawo, Yinka ^a   Obi, Larry ^a   Okoh, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeagenic; Escherichia coli pathovars; Nigeria; Prevalence; Surface water; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BFP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAAE GENE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EAE GENE; EAGG GENE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IBEA GENE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAPC GENE; PATHOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE GENE; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84943550700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0540-3     Document Type: Article

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