Article
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from dairy products - Genetic diversity and virulence gene profiles.
International journal of food microbiology - 2 Sept 2016
Douëllou T, Delannoy S, Ganet S, Mariani-Kurkdjian P, Fach P, Loukiadis E, Montel Mc, Thevenot-Sergentet D
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are widely recognized as pathogens causing food borne disease. Here we evaluate the genetic diversity of 197 strains, mainly STEC, from serotypes O157:H7, O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8 and O145:28 and compared strains recovered in dairy products against strains from human, meat and environment cases. For this purpose, we characterized a set of reference-collection STEC...
Topics
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Cheese
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli O157
- Foodborne Diseases
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Meat
- Prevalence
