Abstract Aims: Animal feeds (n= 226), collected from pastures or feeding troughs on UK
farms and from feed manufacturers' bulk stores, were analysed for Escherichia coli …

The objective of the study was to screen carps from an integrated fish culture system for
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). The isolates of E. coli obtained by selective …

Shiga toxin (Stx), encoded by stx genes located in prophage sequences, is the major agent
responsible for the pathogenicity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and is …

Specificity analysis for stx or Stx subtypes in Escherichia coli showed that the PCR assays
we tested did not detect stx 1d and stx 2f, and some also missed stx 2b and stx 2g. Most of …

The stx-flanking regions of 49 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains and nine
Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 strains containing either stx, stx 1, stx 2, or stx 2 variant …

Shiga toxins (Stx) represent a group of bacterial toxins that are involved in human and
animal disease. Stx are mainly produced by Escherichia coli isolated from human and non …

Six of 37 non-O157 Escherichia coli strains possessing Shiga toxin (Stx) 2 gene variant stx
2d or stx 2e secreted no detectable Stx. These isolates produced significantly less stx mRNA …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is one of the most prominent food-borne
pathogens in humans. The current study aims to detect and to analyze the virulence factors …

Enteroaggregative, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (EAEC-STEC) O104: H4 strains are
emerging pathogens causing life threatening diseases in humans. EAEC-STEC O104: H4 …

Escherichia coli strains that carry Shiga toxin genes are commonly isolated from the
gastrointestinal tract of a wide variety of animal species (Table 1). Intestinal carriage of most …