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Phenotypic and genomic comparison of three human outbreak and one cattle-associated Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Microbiology spectrum - 3 Oct 2024
Peroutka-Bigus Nathan, Nielsen Daniel W, Trachsel Julian, Mou Kathy T, Sharma Vijay K, Kudva Indira T, Loving Crystal L
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7-adulterated food products are associated with disease outbreaks in humans. Although cattle feces are a source for E. coli O157:H7 contamination, it is unclear if human-associated outbreak isolates differentially colonize and shed in the feces of cattle from that of non-outbreak isolates. It is also unclear if phenotypes, such as biofilm formation, cell attachment, or toxin production,...
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