Characterization of Atypical Shiga Toxin Gene Sequences and Description of Stx2j, a New Subtype-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characterization of Atypical Shiga Toxin Gene Sequences and Description of Stx2j, a New Subtype

Published:2022-03-16 Issue:3 Volume:60 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Gill Alexander¹^ORCID,Dussault Forest²,McMahon Tanis¹,Petronella Nicholas²,Wang Xiong³,Cebelinski Elizabeth³,Scheutz Flemming⁴^ORCID,Weedmark Kelly¹,Blais Burton⁵,Carrillo Catherine⁵

Affiliation:

1. Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2. Health Canada, Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

3. Public Health Laboratory, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

4. The International Escherichia and Klebsiella Centre, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

5. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa (Carling) Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Shiga toxin (Stx) is the definitive virulence factor of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Stx variants are currently organized into a taxonomic system of three Stx1 (a, c, and d) and seven Stx2 (a, b, c, d, e, f, and g) subtypes.

Funder

European Union Horizon 2020

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jcm.02229-21

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