NALT

Preferred term

Escherichia coli O157

Organism

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.

enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

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

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

60921

Has taxonomic rank

no rank

Spanish

Escherichia coli O157
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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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/24/19