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Virulence of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 sorbitol-positive mutant.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 1993
Fratamico P M, Buchanan R L, Cooke P H
Abstract excerpt
Virulence and pathogenicity of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 sorbitol-positive mutant were investigated with an infant rabbit animal model as well as a battery of in vitro assays. Total cell lysate protein profiles, outer membrane protein profiles, plasmid profiles, and levels of cytotoxic activity against Vero cells were similar in the wild-type and mutant strains. Both adhered to intestinal epithelial cells in...
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