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Virulence characterization of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from food, humans and animals.
Food microbiology - 1 Sept 2015
Shen Jinling, Rump Lydia, Ju Wenting, Shao Jingdong, Zhao Shaohua, Brown Eric, Meng Jianghong
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A total of 359 non-O157 STEC isolates from food, humans and animals were examined for serotypes, Shiga toxin subtypes and intimin subtypes. Isolates solely harboring stx2 from the three sources were selected for Vero cell cytotoxicity test. stx subtypes in eae negative isolates were more diverse than in eae positive isolates primarily carrying stx2a. Four eae subtypes (eaeβ,eaeε1,eaeγ1 and eaeγ2/θ) were observed...
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