doi: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3466-3469.1996.
Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw and treated municipal sewage
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- DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3466-3469.1996
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Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw and treated municipal sewage
Appl Environ Microbiol.
1996 Sep.
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Municipal sewage was screened for DNA encoding Shiga-like Toxin (SLT) II, a key protein involved in the virulence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. PCR analysis of sewage concentrates showed that DNA encoding SLT II was present in a single sample of untreated sewage and absent in all other samples tested (n = 6). Thermotolerant E. coli cultured from the sewage (n = 1,520) also tested negative for SLT II by colony hybridization.
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