Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains harbor at least three distinct sequence types of Shiga toxin 2a-converting phages

BACKGROUND: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a foodborne pathogen that causes severe human diseases including hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The virulence factor that mediates HUS, Shiga toxin (Stx), is encoded within the genome of a lambdoid prophage. Although draft sequences are...

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Autores principales: Yin, Shuang, Rusconi, Brigida, Sanjar, Fatemeh, Goswami, Kakolie, Xiaoli, Lingzi, Eppinger, Mark, Dudley, Edward G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1934-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1934-1

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