Salmonella enterotoxin (stn) gene is prevalent among strains of Salmonella enterica, but not among Salmonella bongori and other Enterobacteriaceae

FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 1995 Sep;12(1):47-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.1995.tb00173.x.

Abstract

All strains and serovars of Salmonella enterica such as serovar Typhimurium, Enteritidis, Dublin, Typhi, etc. were found to carry the Salmonella enterotoxin determinant stn as far as examined in PCR and hybridization studies. However, using MDCK cells for testing the toxicity of the strains under investigation, only a limited number of stn positive strains revealed phenotypically the Salmonella enterotoxin Stn. In contrast to S. enterica, other Enterobacteriaceae including Salmonella bongori were found neither genotypically nor phenotypically Stn toxin positive.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
  • Enterotoxins / analysis
  • Enterotoxins / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Genotype
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phenotype
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Salmonella enteritidis / genetics*
  • Salmonella enteritidis / immunology

Substances

  • Enterotoxins
  • enterotoxin, Salmonella