Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other E. coli strains share physiological properties associated with intestinal colonization.
Escherichia coli isolates (72 commensal and 10 O157:H7 isolates) were compared with regard to physiological and growth parameters related to their ability to survive and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and found to be similar. We propose that nonhuman hosts in E. coli O157:H7 strains function similarly to other E. coli strains in regard to attributes relevant to gastrointestinal colonization.
Jacobsen
Lisa
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.
Durso
Lisa
L
Conway
Tyrell
T
Nickerson
Kenneth W
KW
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D003902:Detergents; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D005947:Glucose