Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: Detection, Differentiation, and Implications for Food Safety
Shiga toxin is a protein found within the genome of a type of virus called a bacteriophage. These bacteriophages can integrate into the genomes of the bacterium E. Coli. Even though most E. coli are benign or even beneficial members of our gut microbial communities, strains carrying Shiga-toxin enc...
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2016-07-01
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