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Biofilm-Forming Abilities of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Human Infections.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 28 Dec 2015
Vogeleer Philippe, Tremblay Yannick D N, Jubelin Grégory, Jacques Mario, Harel Josée
Abstract excerpt
Forming biofilms may be a survival strategy of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli to enable it to persist in the environment and the food industry. Here, we evaluate and characterize the biofilm-forming ability of 39 isolates of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates recovered from human infection and belonging to seropathotypes A, B, or C. The presence and/or production of biofilm factors such as...
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