The fate of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli C600φ3538(Δvtx2::cat) and its vtx2 prophage during grass silage preparation

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1197-1206

  Nyambe, S ^a,b   Burgess, C ^a   Whyte, P ^b   O'Kiely, P ^c   Bolton, D ^a  

^a FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

emerging pathogens; silage preparation; transduction; verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli; vtx2 prophage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; FORMIC ACID; GENE TRANSFER; LACTIC ACID; STRAIN;

E. COLI; EMERGING PATHOGEN; GRASS SAMPLE; GRASS SILAGES; KANAMYCINS; PROPHAGES; SILAGE PREPARATION; TRANSDUCTION; VEROCYTOTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VTX2 PROPHAGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GRASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROCESSING; SILAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE TRANSFER; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; SILAGE; SURVIVAL; VEROCYTOTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; CAT; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; VIROLOGY;

BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; FORMATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; POACEAE; PROPHAGES; SILAGE;

EID: 85017310204     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13431     Document Type: Article

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