Colicin type 7 produced by majority of Shigella sonnei isolated from Thai patients with diarrhoea

Thirty one out of 153 strains of Shigella sonnei isolated from Thai patients with diarrhoea showed antibacterial activity against S. sonnei by agar well diffusion method. All of them harbor plasmids with the genetic determination of colicin type 7 (Js) gene but without colicin E and colicin U gene....

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Main Authors: Siriporn Kaewklom, Seksun Samosornsuk, Duangnate Pipatsatitpong, Ratchaneewan Aunpad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2013-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000300010&lng=en&tlng=en