Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

The relationship between consumer perception of quality and the food industry's drive to
satisfy consumer needs is complex and involves many different components. Science and …

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) serotype O157: H7 is a human pathogen
responsible for outbreaks of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 and other Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) are zoonotic
pathogens associated with food and waterborne illness around the world. E. coli O157: H7 …

Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are complex bacterial structures that provide gram-
negative pathogens with a unique virulence mechanism enabling them to inject bacterial …

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) constitute a subset of serotypes (E. coli O157
and some other serogroups) of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing E. coli (STEC) firmly associated …

Cattle that excrete more Escherichia coli O157 than others are known as super-shedders.
Super-shedding has important consequences for the epidemiology of E. coli O157 in cattle …

Several foodborne pathogens, including Salmonella species and campylobacters, are
common contaminants in poultry and livestock. Typically, these pathogens are carried in the …

The complete DNA sequence of pO157, the large virulence plasmid of EHEC strain O157:
H7 EDL 933, is presented. The 92 kb F-like plasmid is composed of segments of putative …

There is an increased concern that plants might be more important as a carrier for human
enteric pathogens like E. coli O157: H7 and Salmonella enterica serovars than previously …