Article
Evolutionary analysis and distribution of type III effector genes in pathogenic Escherichia coli from human, animal and food sources.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Creuzburg Kristina, Middendorf Barbara, Mellmann Alexander, Martaler Tatjana, Holz Christina, Fruth Angelika, Karch Helge, Schmidt Herbert
Abstract excerpt
Molecular analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from different sources is considered as a major approach to assess their risk potential. However, only limited data are available about the correlation of evolutionary relationship, the presence of major virulence factor genes an...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Alleles
- Animals
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Food Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Shiga Toxins
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
