Shiga toxins (Stx) of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are generally encoded
in the genome of lambdoid bacteriophages, which spend the most time of their life cycle …

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)(O157 and other serotypes) are zoonotic
pathogens linked with severe human illnesses. The main virulence factors of EHEC are the …

In the lipopolysaccharides of Escherichia coli there are five distinct core oligosaccharide
(core OS) structures, designated K-12 and R1 to R4. The objective of this work was to …

ABSTRACT A new in situ DNA amplification technique for microscopic detection of bacteria
carrying a specific gene is described. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was …

We investigated the ability of a detoxified derivative of a Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2)-encoding
bacteriophage to infect and lysogenize enteric Escherichia coli strains and to develop …

A virulent phage, named PP01, specific for Escherichia coli O157: H7 was isolated from
swine stool sample. The phage concentration in a swine stool, estimated by plaque assay …

The behavior outside the gut of seeded Escherichia coli O157: H7, naturally occurring E.
coli, somatic coliphages, bacteriophages infecting O157: H7, and Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) …

ABSTRACT Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2)-converting bacteriophages induced from 49 strains of
Escherichia coli O157: H7 isolated during a recent outbreak of enterocolitis in Spain were …

We produced isogenic Escherichia coli K-12 lysogens of seven different Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2)-
encoding bacteriophages derived from clinical Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) isolates …

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