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Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the Beef Marketed in Malaysia |
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| Authors: | Son Radu Shahilah Abdul Mutalib Gulam Rusul Zainori Ahmad Tadaaki Morigaki Norio Asai Yung Bu Kim Jun Okuda and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi |
| Abstract: | Twelve strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 were isolated from 9 of 25 beef samples purchased from retail stores in Malaysia. These strains produced Shiga toxin 2 with or without Shiga toxin 1 and had the eae gene and a 60-MDa plasmid. The antibiograms and the profiles of the arbitrarily primed PCR of the strains were diverse, suggesting that the strains may have originated from diverse sources. |
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