title: Virulence profiling of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:NM isolates from cattle.
abstract: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O111:NM is an important serotype that has been incriminated in disease outbreaks in the United States. This study characterized cattle STEC O111:NM for virulence factors and markers by PCR. Major conclusions are that STEC O111:NM characterized in this study lacks stx2 and the full spectrum of nle gene markers, and it has an incomplete OI-122.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. MusafiriKarama@up.ac.za
authors.forename: Musafiri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karama
authors.forename: Carlton L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gyles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2 / Q000235:genetics; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2; D037521:Virulence Factors