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Comparative analysis of virulence genes, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of Shiga toxin 2g and heat-stable enterotoxin STIa encoding Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals, and environmental sources.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Mar 2011
Prager Rita, Fruth Angelika, Busch Ulrich, Tietze Erhard
Abstract excerpt
An analysis for stx(2) variants among the 2010 human stx(2)-positive Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from Germany collected at the National Reference Centre 1999-2008 revealed 0.6% to possess the recently described stx(2g) gene. Sequencing of the whole stx(2g) operons showed new alleles and pseudogenes. The further molecular, phenotypic, and phylogenetic comparison of 12 human...
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