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Comparative Survival of Free Shiga Toxin 2-Encoding Phages and <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains outside the Gut
1 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
The behavior outside the gut of seeded Escherichia coli O157:H7, naturally occurring E. coli, somatic coliphages, bacteriophages infecting O157:H7, and Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2)-encoding bacteriophages was studied to determine whether the last persist in the environment more successfully than their host bacteria. The ratios between the numbers of E. coli and those of the different bacteriophages were clearly lower in...
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