Prevalence and Whole-Genome Sequence-Based Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from the Recto-Anal Junction of Slaughter-Age Irish Sheep-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence and Whole-Genome Sequence-Based Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from the Recto-Anal Junction of Slaughter-Age Irish Sheep

Published:2021-11-24 Issue:24 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

McCarthy Siobhán C.¹²^ORCID,Macori Guerrino²^ORCID,Duggan Gina¹,Burgess Catherine M.¹^ORCID,Fanning Séamus²^ORCID,Duffy Geraldine¹

Affiliation:

1. Teagasc Food Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2. UCD-Centre for Food Safety, School of Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) bacteria are foodborne, zoonotic pathogens of significant public health concern. All STEC organisms harbor stx , a critical virulence determinant, but it is not expressed in most serotypes.

Funder

Food Institutional Research Measure

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01384-21

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