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Characterization of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Strains Based on Acid Resistance Phenotypes
23 Jul 2005
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Acid resistance is perceived to be an important property of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains, enabling the organisms to survive passage through the acidic environment of the stomach so that they may colonize the mammalian gastrointestinal tract and cause disease. Accordingly, the organism has developed at least three genetically and physiologically distinct acid resistance systems which provide...
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