NALT

Preferred term

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Organism

Strains of Escherichia coli with the ability to produce at least one or more of at least two antigenically distinct, usually bacteriophage-mediated cytotoxins: Shiga toxin 1 and Shiga toxin 2. These bacteria can cause severe disease in humans including bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome.

enterovirulent Escherichia coli group

enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Shiga toxigenic E. coli
Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli
STEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli)
STEC/VTEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli)
Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli
Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
verotoxigenic E. coli
verotoxigenic Escherichia coli
verotoxin-producing E. coli
verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
VTEC (verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli)

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Second Edition Volume Two

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

61990

Has taxonomic rank

infraspecific

Spanish

Escherichia coli productora de la toxina shiga
Shiga toxigenic E. coli
Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli
STEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli)
STEC/VTEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli)
Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli
Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
verotoxigenic E. coli
verotoxigenic Escherichia coli
verotoxin-producing E. coli
verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
VTEC (verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli)

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/187477

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