Escherichia coli O157 strains which caused Japanese outbreaks have residues of bacteriophage sequences.
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.
Miyahara
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Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Konuma
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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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral