Hemolytic porcine intestinal Escherichia coli without virulence-associated genes typical of intestinal pathogenic E. coli |
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Authors: | Schierack Peter Weinreich Joerg Ewers Christa Tachu Babila Nicholson Bryon Barth Stefanie |
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Institution: | Fachbereich Bio-, Chemie- und Verfahrenstechnik, Hochschule Lausitz, Grossenhainer Str. 57, D-01968 Senftenberg, Germany. peter.schierack@hs-lausitz.de |
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Abstract: | Testing 1,666 fecal or intestinal samples from healthy and diarrheic pigs, we obtained hemolytic Escherichia coli isolates from 593 samples. Focusing on hemolytic E. coli isolates without virulence-associated genes (VAGs) typical for enteropathogens, we found that such isolates carried a broad variety of VAGs typical for extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli. |
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