Comparative analysis of virulence genes, genetic diversity, and phylogeny of Shiga toxin 2g and heat-stable enterotoxin STIa encoding Escherichia coli isolates from humans, animals, and environmental sources

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Prager, Rita ^a   Fruth, Angelika ^a   Busch, Ulrich ^b   Tietze, Erhard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli; Emerging pathogen; Expression; Heat stable enterotoxin STIa; Intermediate pathovar; Shiga toxin 2g

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN 2G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESTLA GENE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79951947280     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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