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Development and application of a method for the purification of free shigatoxigenic bacteriophage from environmental samples.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Nov 2012
Rooks David J, Libberton Ben, Woodward Martin J, Allison Heather E, McCarthy Alan J
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Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are foodborne pathogens whose ability to produce Shiga toxin (Stx) is due to the integration of Stx-encoding lambdoid bacteriophage (Stx phage). Circulating, infective Stx phages are very difficult to isolate, purify and propagate such that th...
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