Article
Detection and characterization of the fimbrial sfp cluster in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O165:H25/NM isolates from humans and cattle.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Bielaszewska Martina, Prager Rita, Vandivinit Liz, Müsken Anne, Mellmann Alexander, Holt Nicholas J, Tarr Phillip I, Karch Helge, Zhang Wenlan
Abstract excerpt
The sfp cluster, encoding Sfp fimbriae and located in the large plasmid of sorbitol-fermenting (SF) enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 (pSFO157), has been considered a unique characteristic of this organism. We discovered and then characterized the sfp cluster in EHEC O165:H25/NM (nonmotile) isolates of human and bovine origin. All seven strains investigated harbored a complete sfp cluster (carrying...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
