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Diversity of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26:H11 Strains Examined via stx Subtypes and Insertion Sites of Stx and EspK Bacteriophages.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2015
Bonanno Ludivine, Loukiadis Estelle, Mariani-Kurkdjian Patricia, Oswald Eric, Garnier Lucille, Michel Valérie, Auvray Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a food-borne pathogen that may be responsible for severe human infections. Only a limited number of serotypes, including O26:H11, are involved in the majority of serious cases and outbreaks. The main virulence factors, Shiga toxins (Stx), are encoded by bacteriophages. Seventy-four STEC O26:H11 strains of various origins (including human, dairy, and cattle) were...
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