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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of avian Escherichia coli O86:K61 isolates possessing a gamma-like intimin.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2002
La Ragione R M, McLaren I M, Foster G, Cooley W A, Woodward M J
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Escherichia coli O86:K61 has long been associated with outbreaks of infantile diarrhea in humans and with diarrheal disease in many animal species. Studies in the late 1990s identified E. coli O86:K61 as the cause of mortality in a variety of wild birds, and in this study, 34 E. coli O86:K61 isolates were examined. All of the isolates were nonmotile, but most elaborated at least two morphologically distinct...
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