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Variation in Acid Resistance among Shiga Toxin-Producing Clones of Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>
1 May 2005
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Pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli, such as E. coli O157:H7, have a low infectious dose and an ability to survive in acidic foods. These bacteria have evolved at least three distinct mechanisms of acid resistance (AR), including two amino acid decarboxylase-dependent systems (arginine and glutamate) and a glucose catabolite-repressed system. We quantified the survival rates for each AR mechanism separately in...
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