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SUBMITTER: Beutin L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC548065 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beutin Lothar L Tao Jiang J Feng Lu L Krause Gladys G Zimmermann Sonja S Gleier Kerstin K Xia Qiuyu Q Wang Lei L
Journal of clinical microbiology 20050201 2
A collection of 33 Escherichia coli serogroup O15 strains was studied with regard to O:H serotypes and virulence markers and for detection of the O-antigen-specific genes wzx and wzy. The strains were from nine different countries, originated from healthy or diseased humans and animals and from food, and were isolated between 1941 and 2003. On the basis of virulence markers and clinical data the strains could be split into different pathogroups, such as uropathogenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. ...[more]