Carriage of stx2a differentiates clinical and bovine-biased strains of Escherichia coli O157.

<h4>Background</h4>Shiga toxin (Stx) are cardinal virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 (EHEC O157). The gene content and genomic insertion sites of Stx-associated bacteriophages differentiate clinical genotypes of EHEC O157 (CG, typical of clinical isolates) from bovine...

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Main Authors: Smriti Shringi, Carrie Schmidt, Kaya Katherine, Kelly A Brayton, Dale D Hancock, Thomas E Besser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051572&type=printable
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