Occurrence of subtilase cytotoxin and relation with other virulence factors in verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from food and cattle in Argentina

We investigated the presence of the gene of subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), described in certain highly virulent verocytotoxigenic E. coli strains, in isolates from Argentina and its relation with other virulence factors. The gene subA was present in eae-negative strains mostly associated with saa, vt2...

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Main Authors: Claudia V. Granobles Velandia, A. Mariel Sanso, Alejandra Krüger, Lorena V. Suárez, Paula M. A. Lucchesi, Alberto E. Parma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000200037