Dysentery was well known and clearly described in many ancient texts and histories. The
first step towards the description of the genus Shigella, however, was the identification of …

Shiga toxins are the main virulence factors of a group of Escherichia coli strains [Shiga toxin-
producing E. coli (STEC)] that cause severe human diseases, such as haemorrhagic colitis …

Lysogenic bacteriophages are major vehicles for the transfer of genetic information between
bacteria, including pathogenicity and/or virulence determinants. In the enteric pathogen …

Shiga toxins (Stx) comprise a family of potent cytotoxins that are involved in severe human
disease. Stx are mainly produced by Escherichia coli isolated from human and nonhuman …

The significance of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157: H7 as the
major cause of hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) worldwide …

Thirty-two clinical isolates of Shiga-like toxin (SLT)-producing Escherichia coli associated
with single cases or outbreaks of bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, the hemolytic uremic …

Staphylococcal Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an important virulence factor, which
causes leukocytolysis and tissue necrosis. Our previous report on the existence of the PVL …

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from feces of healthy cattle were identified by
DNA hybridization with verotoxin 1-and verotoxin 2-specific gene probes. Among 259 …

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 …

Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are viruses that infect bacteria. Until recently they
have been ignored by most of the scientific community, but their impact upon our world is …