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Phenotypic diversity of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains associated with the plasmid O157.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Jun 2010
Lim Ji Youn, Hong Joon Bae, Sheng Haiqing, Shringi Smriti, Kaul Rajinder, Besser Thomas E, Hovde Carolyn J
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7, a food-borne pathogen, causes hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome. A putative virulence factor of E. coli O157:H7 is a 60-MDa plasmid (pO157) found in 99% of all clinical isolates and many bovine-derived strains. The well characterized E. coli O157:H7 Sakai strain (Sakai) and its pO157-cured derivative (Sakai-Cu) were compared for phenotypic differences. Sakai-Cu had...
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