Some adhesins of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolated from septicemic poultry in Brazil Algumas adesinas de Escherichia coli aviária (APEC) isoladas de aves com colisepticemia no Brasil

Three hundred and fifty strains of E. coli isolated from septicemic poultry from seven states of Brazil were examined for presence of nine adhesion-encoding genes, hemagglutination and adherence to chicken tracheal cells (in vitro). Analysis of the strains by colony hybridization tests demonstrated...

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Main Authors: Terezinha Knöbl, Tânia Aparecida Tardelli Gomes, Mônica Aparecida Midolli Vieira, Fernando Ferreira, José Américo Bottino, Antônio José Piantino Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000300033