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Concept information

Preferred term

Escherichia coli O157

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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 0157 from bovine origin.

Synonyms

  • E. coli O157
  • E. coli O157-H7
  • E. coli O157:H7
  • Escherichia coli O157-H7
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • STEC O157:H7

Source

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Has taxonomic rank

In other languages

  • Spanish

  • E. coli O157
  • E. coli O157-H7
  • E. coli O157:H7
  • Escherichia coli O157-H7
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/36008

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