Bacteriophage control of Shiga toxin 1 production and release by Escherichia coli
Open Access
- 9 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (4), 957-970
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02950.x
Abstract
The stx genes of many Shiga toxin‐encoding Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are encoded by prophages of the λ bacteriophage family. In the genome of the Stx1‐encoding phage H‐19B, the stx1AB genes are...Keywords
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