Article
Occurrence of diarrheagenic virulence genes and genetic diversity in Escherichia coli isolates from fecal material of various avian hosts in British Columbia, Canada.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Chandran Abhirosh, Mazumder Asit
Abstract excerpt
Contamination of surface water by fecal microorganisms originating from human and nonhuman sources is a public health concern. In the present study, Escherichia coli isolates (n = 412) from the feces of various avian host sources were screened for various virulence genes: stx1 and stx2 (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli [STEC]), eae (enteropathogenic E. coli [EPEC]), est-h, est-p, and elt (encoding heat-stable toxin...
Topics
- Animals
- Birds
- British Columbia
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Feces
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
