Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other E. coli strains share physiological properties associated with intestinal colonization.
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SUBMITTER: Jacobsen L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2704815 | biostudies-other | 2009 Jul
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Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other E. coli strains share physiological properties associated with intestinal colonization.
Jacobsen Lisa L Durso Lisa L Conway Tyrell T Nickerson Kenneth W KW
Applied and environmental microbiology 20090501 13
Escherichia coli isolates (72 commensal and 10 O157:H7 isolates) were compared with regard to physiological and growth parameters related to their ability to survive and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and found to be similar. We propose that nonhuman hosts in E. coli O157:H7 strains function similarly to other E. coli strains in regard to attributes relevant to gastrointestinal colonization. ...[more]
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