Detection of Escherichia coli alpha-haemolysin genes and their expression in a human faecal strain of Enterobacter cloacae.

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Detection of Escherichia coli alpha-haemolysin genes and their expression in a human faecal strain of Enterobacter cloacae.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Mar 1991

Prada J, Beutin L

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Faecal samples of 200 infants were investigated for haemolytic Enterobacteriaceae. Forty infants were carrying alpha-haemolysin producing Escherichia coli, two carried haemolytic strains of Morganella morganii and one infant carried a haemolytic strain of Enterobacter cloacae. The M. morganii and...

Topics

Base Sequence
Blotting, Southern
Enterobacter
Enterobacteriaceae Infections
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections
Feces
Gene Expression
Genes, Bacterial
Hemolysin Proteins
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Phenotype

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