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Haemolysin E- and enterohaemolysin-derived haemolytic activity of O55/O157 strains and other Escherichia coli lineages
23 Dec 2011
Abstract excerpt
Among three haemolysins identified thus far in Escherichia coli, alpha-haemolysin (HlyA) is encoded on the pathogenicity islands of extraintestinal pathogenic strains, while enterohaemolysin (EhxA) is encoded on the virulence plasmids of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strains. In contrast, the gene for haemolysin E (HlyE) is located on the E. coli chromosome backbone and is therefore widely distributed among...
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