Escherichia coli harbouring the stx2f gene have been previously reported in pigeons. Here
we demonstrate the presence of this allele in human diarrhoeagenic E. coli strains originally …

Detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) by culture methods is advisable
to identify the pathogen, but recovery of the strain responsible for the disease is not always …

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli carrying the stx1 and/or stx2 genes can cause multi-
symptomatic illness in humans. A variety of terrestrial and aquatic environmental reservoirs …

Aims: To evaluate the occurrence and abundance of phages that carry the stx 1 and stx 2
gene in water samples of different quality. Methods and Results: Phages growing on the …

ABSTRACT A new variant of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx1), designated Stx1d, which deviates
considerably more than any other known variant from Stx1 encoded by phage 933J, was …

To determine the presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and other
potentially diarrheagenic E. coli strains in retail meats, 7,258 E. coli isolates collected by the …

Shiga toxin positive (stx+) Escherichia coli were isolated from beef marketed in southern
Thailand using an immunomagnetic separation (IMS) technique and detection on …

The pathogenicity of Shiga-like toxin (stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), notably
serotype O157, the causative agent of hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and …

Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are foodborne pathogens whose
ability to produce Shiga toxin (Stx) is due to the integration of Stx-encoding lambdoid …

In urban rivers in Osaka, Japan, DNA containing the stx2 gene, which encodes the Shiga
toxin 2 (Stx2), was found to be present in sediment, even when it was not detected in the …