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Impact of the rpoS genotype for acid resistance patterns of pathogenic and probiotic Escherichia coli.
BMC microbiology - 26 Mar 2007
Coldewey Sina M, Hartmann Maike, Schmidt Dorothea S, Engelking Uta, Ukena Sya N, Gunzer Florian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), a subgroup of Shiga toxin (Stx) producing E. coli (STEC), may cause severe enteritis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and is transmitted orally via contaminated foods or from person to person. The infectious dose is known to be very low, which requires most of the bacteria to survive the gastric acid barrier. Acid resistance therefore is an important mechanism of...
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