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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue 3, Pages 1205-1208Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1205-1208.2000
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We have isolated Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from the feces of feral pigeons which contained a new Stx2 variant gene designated stx(2f), This gene is most similar to sltIIva of patient E. coli O128:B12 isolate H.I.8. Stx2f reacted only weakly with commercial immunoassays. The prevalence of STEC organisms carrying the stx(2f) gene in pigeon droppings was 12.5%. The occurrence of a new Stx2 variant in STEC from pigeons enlarges the pool of Stx2 variants and raises the question whether horizontal gene transfer to E. coli pathogenic to humans may occur.
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