title: Escherichia coli O157 strains which caused Japanese outbreaks have residues of bacteriophage sequences.
abstract: Twelve strains of Escherichia coli O157 which caused outbreaks in Japan were used as DNA sources. The sequences of the gene encoding the Shiga toxin 2 in all 12 strains were almost identical and the sequences downstream of this gene were similar to that of bacteriophage 933W.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konuma
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral