Isolation of Escherichia coli O86:K61 producing cyto-lethal distending toxin from wild birds of the finch family.
Escherichia coli was recovered from selected tissues of 43 out of a total of 46 finches found dead in the Scottish Highlands during April-May of 1994 and 1995. The isolates did not ferment sorbitol, rhamnose, sucrose or melibiose; they belonged to serogroup O86:K61, produced cytolethal distending toxin (CLDT) and possessed the eae gene sequence. The consistent recovery of organisms producing CLDT and possessing the eae gene suggests that these organisms may have played a significant role in the finch mortalities.
Foster
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SAC Veterinary Services, Inverness, UK.
Ross
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Pennycott
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Hopkins
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McLaren
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D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012606:Scotland; D012703:Serotyping
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C067044:cytolethal distending toxin; C073819:eaeA protein, E coli