Production of heat-stable enterotoxin by the O128 serogroup of Escherichia coli.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 24 ·No. 1 ·1979-04-00 ·Pages 289-90

Reis MH, Castro AF, Toledo MR, Trabulsi LR

Abstract

Nine out of 11 Escherichia coli strains belonging to enteropathogenic O128 serogroup were shown to produce heat-stable enterotoxin. This property may be related to the pathogenicity of this serogroup of bacteria.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Toxins/biosynthesis Diarrhea, Infantile/microbiology Enterotoxins/biosynthesis Escherichia coli/classification,metabolism Hot Temperature Humans Serotyping Species Specificity

Chemicals

Bacterial Toxins Enterotoxins

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Reis M H

Castro A F

Toledo M R

Trabulsi L R

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9 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.24.1.289-290.1979

Published

1979-04-00

Pages

289-90

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC414296

Subset

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