Serotyping, stx 2 Subtyping, and Characterization of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement Island of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and E. coli O157:H7 Strains Isolated from the Environment in France
Open Access
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 70 (4) , 2556-2559
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.70.4.2556-2559.2004
Abstract
Twenty-seven Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains were isolated from 207 stx -positive French environmental samples. Ten of these strains were positive for stx 1 , and 24 were positive for stx 2 (10 were positive for stx 2vh-a or stx 2vh-b , 19 were positive for stx 2d , and 15 were positive for stx 2e ). One strain belonged to serotype O157:H7, and the others belonged to serogroups O2, O8, O11, O26, O76, O103, O113, O121, O141, O166, and O174. The environment is a reservoir in which new clones of STEC that are pathogenic for humans can emerge.Keywords
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