Revisiting the STEC testing approach: Using espK and espV to make enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) detection more reliable in beef

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Delannoy, Sabine ^a   Chaves, Byron D ^b   Ison, Sarah A ^b   Webb, Hattie E ^b   Beutin, Lothar ^c   Delaval, José ^d   Billet, Isabelle ^e   Fach, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d Laboratoire de Touraine   (France)

^e SAS Charal Groupe Bigard   (France)

Author keywords

CRISPR; EspK; EspV; Non O157; O157; STEC; UreD; Z2098

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKER GENE; SCREENING;

EID: 84957934411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00001     Document Type: Article

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