Carriage of stx2a differentiates clinical and bovine-biased strains of Escherichia coli O157.

Carriage of stx2a differentiates clinical and bovine-biased strains of Escherichia coli O157.

Shiga toxin (Stx) are cardinal virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 (EHEC O157). The gene content and genomic insertion sites of Stx-associated bacteriophages differentiate clinical genotypes of EHEC O157 (CG, typical of clinical isolates) from bovine-biased genotypes (BBG, rarely...

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Main Authors: Smriti Shringi, Carrie Schmidt, Kaya Katherine, Kelly A Brayton, Dale D Hancock, Thomas E Besser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519850?pdf=render

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