Characterization of Shiga Toxin 2a Encoding Bacteriophages Isolated From High-Virulent O145:H25 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

Characterization of Shiga Toxin 2a Encoding Bacteriophages Isolated From High-Virulent O145:H25 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) may cause severe disease mainly due to the ability to produce Shiga toxins (Stx) encoded on bacteriophages. In Norway, more than 30% of the reported cases with STEC O145:H25 develop hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and most cases, with known travel histo...

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Main Authors: Silje N. Ramstad, Yngvild Wasteson, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Arne M. Taxt, Jørgen V. Bjørnholt, Lin T. Brandal, Jon Bohlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
whole genome sequencing
bacteriophage
Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)
Stx2a phage
virulence factors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.728116/full

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