Detection of two smooth colony phenotypes in a Salmonella enteritidis isolate which vary in their ability to contaminate eggs.

doi:10.1128/aem.59.9.2884-2890.1993

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Detection of two smooth colony phenotypes in a Salmonella enteritidis isolate which vary in their ability to contaminate eggs.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 1993

Petter J G

Abstract excerpt

Salmonella enteritidis isolates were obtained from eggs after infection of Leghorn hens with a parent isolate (SE6) known to only infrequently contaminate eggs. Isolates from eggs exhibited two phenotypes that were subtly different. One phenotype was typically smooth, while the other was transien...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Eggs
Food Microbiology
Humans
Lipid A
Lipopolysaccharides
O Antigens
Phenotype
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Salmonella Food Poisoning
Salmonella enteritidis
Virulence

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