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Bacteriophage-Encoding Cytolethal Distending Toxin Type V Gene Induced from Nonclinical Escherichia coli Isolates
7 Jun 2011
Abstract excerpt
Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt) is produced by a variety of pathogenic bacteria, including pathogenic serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). The Cdt family comprises five variants (Cdt-I to Cdt-V) encoded by three genes located within the chromosome or plasmids or, in the case of Cdt-I, within bacteriophages. In this study, we evaluated the occurrence of the cdt gene in a collection of 140...
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