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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Main Authors: William J. Zaragoza, Max Teplitski, Clifton K. Fagerquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2016-07-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/127850
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