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Isolation of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli associated with diarrhoea in Malaysia containing plasmids showing homology with biotinylated Shiga-like toxin DNA gene probes

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Three strains of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with haemorrhagic colitis harboured plasmids ranging in size from 2.7 kb to 91.2 kb. Those plasmids ranging from 2.7 kb to 6.8 kb hybridized to Shiga-like toxin I and Shiga-like toxin II gene probes.

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R. Son and A. Ansary are with the Department of Genetics and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. G. Rusul and M.I.A. Karim are with the Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, University Pertanian Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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Son, R., Ansary, A., Rusul, G. et al. Isolation of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli associated with diarrhoea in Malaysia containing plasmids showing homology with biotinylated Shiga-like toxin DNA gene probes. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 12, 243–246 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360921

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Key words

  • Escherichia coli
  • plasmids
  • verotoxin