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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli > Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli > Escherichia coli O157
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli > Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli > Escherichia coli O157

Preferred term

Escherichia coli O157  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A verocytotoxin-producing serogroup belonging to the O subfamily of Escherichia coli which has been shown to cause severe food-borne disease. A strain from this serogroup, serotype H7, which produces SHIGA TOXINS, has been linked to human disease outbreaks resulting from contamination of foods by E. coli O157 from bovine origin.

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Synonym(s)

  • E coli O157
  • txid1045010
  • txid83334

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R1D1TTKF-R

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