Article
Comparison of Shiga-like toxin II expression between two genetically diverse lineages of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Journal of food protection - 1 Aug 2008
Dowd Scot E, Williams Jason B
Abstract excerpt
The existence of two separate lineages of Escherichia coli O157:H7 has previously been reported, and research indicates that one of these lineages (lineage I) might be more pathogenic toward human hosts. We postulated that the lineage more pathogenic expresses higher levels of Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Escherichia coli O157
- Food Contamination
- Food Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Bacterial
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Bacterial
- Shiga Toxin 2