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Strain-Level Discrimination of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Spinach Using Metagenomic Sequencing

Consumption of fresh bagged spinach contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has led to severe illness and death; however current culture-based methods to detect foodborne STEC are time consuming. Since not all STEC strains are considered pathogenic to humans, it is crucial to...

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Autores principales: Leonard, Susan R., Mammel, Mark K., Lacher, David W., Elkins, Christopher A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5145215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167870