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Colicinogenic enterobacteria in human and animal faeces

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In a previous study (Papavassiliou 1960) it was reported that colicinogenic enterobacteria are rarely found in guinea pig, white rat and white mice faeces. A similar study in dog, sheep and hen faeces showed that no essential differences exist in the distribution of colicinogenic enterobacteria between human, dog, sheep and hen faeces. Some possible explanations of the differences are discussed and methods for ecological study of the colicinogenic enterobacteria in faeces are described in detail. The general conclusions from our studies until now are the following:

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    The frequency of colicinogenic enterobacteria in some groups of animals may be considerably low.

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    The types of colicines produced by animal strains ofE. coli do not differ essentially from the types of colicines produced by human strains.

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This work was supported by a grant (E-3506) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Bethesda 14, U.S.A.

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Papavassiliou, J. Colicinogenic enterobacteria in human and animal faeces. Zeitschr. f. Hygiene. 149, 164–169 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02153121

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