Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Two Multistate Food-Borne Outbreaks That Occurred in 2006
- 15 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 74 (4) , 1268-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01618-07
Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from two 2006 outbreaks were compared to other O157:H7 isolates for virulence genotype, biofilm formation, and stress responses. Spinach- and lettuce-related-outbreak strains had similar pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, and all carried both stx2 and stx2c variant genes. Cooperative biofilm formation involving an E. coli O157:H7 strain and a non-O157:H7 strain was also demonstrated.Keywords
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