Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Flagella
- Food Microbiology
- Food Safety
- Fruit
- Genotype
- Humans
- Meat
- Serotyping
- Shiga Toxin
- Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
- Vegetables
- Vero Cells
- Virulence