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 …

Fresh meat, poultry, and seafood purchased from Seattle area grocery stores were
investigated for the presence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA …

Bacillus anthracis plasmids pX01 and pX02, harboured by the Sterne and Pasteur strains,
respectively, have been sequenced by random 'shotgun'cloning and high throughout …

The prevalence among all Escherichia coli bacteria of the LTIIa toxin gene and STII toxin
gene, both associated with enterotoxigenic E. coli, and of three genes (stxI, stxII, and eaeA) …

The genes controlling high-level production of Shiga-like toxin (SLT) in Escherichia coli
were cloned from the SLT converting phage 933J. This phage was isolated from a strain of …

It has long been believed that microbes capable of causing human disease evolve over long
periods of time through complex interactions between the microbes and their hosts. The …

Aims: To evaluate a qPCR‐based protocol for the enumeration of Shiga toxin (Stx) 2 phages
and to compare the results of qPCR with the number of infective Stx phage particles …

The genes that encode several of the enterotoxins produced by Escherichia coli have been
cloned by recombinant DNA techniques. When the nucleotide sequence of these genes is …

Toxin-converting bacteriophages encoding the Stx2 gene were induced from strains of
Escherichia coli O157: H7 isolated from sewage, bovine and porcine faeces. Toxin synthesis …