- Investigators
- Blattner, Frederick
- Institutions
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Start date
- 2000
- End date
- 2002
- Objective
- Sequence information of Escherichia coli O157:H7 will provide unique insights into the evolution, survival, and growth of this pathogen with respect to its virulence factors. Proposed research should initiate a pathway to the eventual development of rapid and sensitive methods for detection, identification, and enumeration of this important pathogen.
- Funding Source
- Center For Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Project number
- FD-U-001627-01
- Categories
- Escherichia coli
- Viruses and Prions
- Bacterial Pathogens
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