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Table 2 Prevalence of genetic markers in E. coli O26 from clinical and cattle sources

From: Survival capabilities of Escherichia coli O26 isolated from cattle and clinical sources in Australia to disinfectants, acids and antimicrobials

Pathotypes

Virulence makers

No of isolates

Source

EHEC

stx (stx 1), eae, ehx, ecf, SNP within rmlA

50

Clinical and cattle

pEHEC

eae, ehx, ecf, SNP within rmlA

3

Cattle

aEPEC

eae

33

Cattle

NTEC

Negative for all virulence markers tested

2

Cattle

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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