Abstract
Discriminating Escherichia albertii from other Enterobacteriaceae is difficult. Systematic analyses showed that E. albertii represents a substantial portion of strains currently identified as eae-positive Escherichia coli and includes Shiga toxin 2f-producing strains. Because E. albertii possesses the eae gene, many strains might have been misidentified as enterohemorrhagic or enteropathogenic E. coli.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics
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Animals
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Birds / microbiology
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Cats
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Escherichia / classification*
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Escherichia / genetics
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Escherichia / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli / classification
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Escherichia coli / genetics
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Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
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Humans
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Multilocus Sequence Typing
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Phenotype
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Phylogeny
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Shiga Toxins / genetics
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Bacterial Toxins
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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Shiga Toxins
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cytolethal distending toxin
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eaeA protein, E coli