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Two new Escherichia coli O groups: O172 from »Shiga‐like» toxin II‐producing strains (EHEC) and O173 from enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Author(s) -
ØRSKOV IDA,
WACHSMUTH I. KAYE,
TAYLOR DAVID N.,
ECHEVERRIA PETER,
ROWE BERNARD,
SAKAZAKI RIICHI,
ØRSKOV FRITS
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1991.tb05114.x
Subject(s) - verocytotoxin , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , shiga toxin , toxin , strain (injury) , biology , shiga like toxin , virulence , virology , enterobacteriaceae , gene , genetics , anatomy
Two Escherichia coli strains were established as antigenic test strains for two new O groups, O172 and O173. The O172 strain (EHEC) which produces »Shiga‐like« toxin II (verocytotoxin 2) was isolated from a case of haemorrhagic colitis while the enteroinvasive O173 strain (EIEC) originated from a child with diarrhoea.