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Clonal relations of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H16 strains isolated from various sources from several countries.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Dec 2012
Feng Peter C H, Keys Christine, Lacher David W, Beutin Lothar, Bentancor Adriana, Heuvelink Annet, Afset Jan E, Rumi Valeria, Monday Steven
Abstract excerpt
Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) is comprised of a large heterogeneous group of strains and serotypes that carry the intimin gene (eae) but no other EPEC virulence factors. In a previous study, we examined a few aEPEC strains of O157:H16 serotype from the U.S. and France and found these to be nearly homologous, and speculated that the same strain had been disseminated or perhaps they are part of...
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