Escherichia colistrains isolated from pigs with edema disease produce a variant of Shiga-like toxin II

R Marques, L; Peiris, Malik; J. Cryz, Stanley; D. O’Brien, Alison

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02237.x

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Escherichia colistrains isolated from pigs with edema disease produce a variant of Shiga-like toxin II

Published in FEMS Microbiology Letters • Sep 1, 1987

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L R Marques

Malik Peiris

Stanley J. Cryz

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains 933 produces elevated levels of 2 phage-encoded, antigenically distinct cytotoxins designated Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) and Shiga-like toxin II (SLT-II). These toxins kill both HeLa and Vero cells. In this report, the relationship between SLTs and a cytotoxin produc...

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Vero cell

Microbiology

Escherichia coli

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