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Diversity of stx2 converting bacteriophages induced from Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from cattle.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2004
Muniesa Maite, Blanco Jesus E, de Simón Merce, Serra-Moreno Ruth, Blanch Anicet R, Jofre Juan
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The presence of bacteriophages encoding Shiga toxin 2 (stx(2) phages) was analysed in 168 strains of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolated from cattle. Following mitomycin C induction, strains carrying stx(2) phages were screened by plaque blot and hybridization with an stx(2)A-probe. In the stx(2)-phage-carrying strains, the amounts of phage production, phage DNA extracted and Stx(2) produced...
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