Prevalence and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in shellfish-harvesting areas and their watersheds

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Balière, Charlotte ^a   Rincé, Alain ^b   Blanco, Jorge ^c   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^c   Harel, Josée ^d   Vogeleer, Philippe ^d   Giard, Jean Christophe ^b   Mariani Kurkdjian, Patricia ^e,f,g   Gourmelon, Michèle ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilms; EPEC; MLST; PFGE; Shellfish; STEC; Water

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; SEA WATER; SHIGA TOXIN; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SEROTYPE; SHELLFISH; WATERSHED;

EID: 84953849159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01356     Document Type: Article

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