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Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Potential of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli O26:H11 Strains Recovered from Bovine Feces in the United States.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2015
Ison Sarah A, Delannoy Sabine, Bugarel Marie, Nightingale Kendra K, Webb Hattie E, Renter David G, Nagaraja Tiruvoor G, Loneragan Guy H, Fach Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O26 has been identified as the most common non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) serogroup to cause human illnesses in the United States and has been implicated in outbreaks around the world. E. coli has high genomic plasticity, which facilitates the loss or acquisition of virulence genes. Attaching and effacing E. coli (AEEC) O26 strains have frequently been isolated from bovine feces,...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Feces
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- High-Throughput Screening Assays
- Molecular Typing
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction