Plasmid-associated enterotoxin production in a strain of Escherichia coli isolated from humans.
A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from an epidemic of "nonspecific" diarrhea has been shown to harbor a plasmid which specifies enterotoxin production.
D002999:Clone Cells; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005827:Genetics, Microbial; D006801:Humans
D004768:Enterotoxins