First step in using molecular data for microbial food safety risk assessment; hazard identification of Escherichia coli O157: H7 by coupling genomic data with in vitro adherence to human epithelial cells

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-138

  Pielaat, Annemarie ^a   Boer, Martin P ^b   Wijnands, Lucas M ^a   van Hoek, Angela H A M ^a   Bouw, El ^a   Barker, Gary C ^c   Teunis, Peter F M ^a,d   Aarts, Henk J M ^a   Franz, Eelco ^a  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GWAS; Microbiology; Risk assessment; SNP; STEC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

GENETIC MARKER;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943661595     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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