Shiga toxin (Stx) released by Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes life-
threatening illness. Its production and release require induction of Stx-encoding prophage …

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 …

Shiga toxin (Stx)-encoding E. coli (STEC) strains are responsible for sporadic outbreaks of
food poisoning dating to 1982, when the first STEC strain, E. coli O157: H7, was isolated …

Shiga toxins (Stx) are the main virulence factors associated with a form of Escherichia coli
known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). They are encoded in temperate lambdoid …

ABSTRACT Although numerous Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains
have been sequenced, genomic information on Stx-converting phages, highly related to the …

Shiga toxins (Stxs), encoded by the stxA and stxB genes, are important contributors to the
virulence of Escherichia coli O157: H7 and other Stx-producing E. coli (STEC) strains. The …

ABSTRACT Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2), one of the principal virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic
Escherichia coli, is encoded by 933W, a lambda-like prophage. 933W prophage induction …

Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes human illness ranging from mild
diarrhea to death. The bacteriophage encoded stx genes are located in the late transcription …

The stx genes of many Shiga toxin‐encoding Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are encoded
by prophages of the λ bacteriophage family. In the genome of the Stx1‐encoding phage H …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are major foodborne pathogens that cause
human diseases ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening complications including hemolytic …