Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC), sometimes called Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
toxin | Ōtsu, Shiga | Shiga toxin | Shiga | Kiyoshi Shiga | Azuchi, Shiga | Hikone, Shiga | Uremic toxin | Takashima District, Shiga | Shigaraki, Shiga | Naoya Shiga | Minakuchi, Shiga | Imazu, Shiga | Hino, Shiga | diphtheria toxin | Botulinum toxin | Biwa, Shiga |
Genome assembly and copy number analysis both confirmed that two copies of the Shiga toxin stx2 prophage gene cluster are a distinctive characteristic of the genome of the O104:H4 outbreak strain.
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Analysis of genomic sequences obtained by BGI Shenzhen show that the O104:H4 outbreak strain is an enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC or EAggEC) type that has acquired Shiga toxin genes, presumably by horizontal gene transfer.