Heat adaptation alters Escherichia coli O157:H7 membrane lipid composition and verotoxin production

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Research has been conducted on Escherichia coli O157:H7. The authors have investigated the effect of heat adaptation on membrane lipid composition and verotoxin concentration changes, and the results are reported.

author: Marshall, Douglas L., Yuk, Hyun-Gyun
United States, Physiological aspects, Environmental aspects, Microbiology, Composition, Microbial populations, Lipid membranes, Microbial toxins, Heat, Chemical properties, Microbial ecology

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A newly discovered verotoxin variant VT2g produced by bovine verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli

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A new verotoxin (VT) variant named as vt2g is identified. The findings showed that vt2g has high nucleic acid homology with verotoxin (VT) sequences associated with human diseases.

author: P. H. M. Leung, J. S. M. Peiris, W. W. S. Ng, Robins-Browne, R. M., Bettelheim, K. A.
Nucleotide sequence, Base sequence, Nucleobases

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Adaptation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to pH alters membrane lipid composition, verotoxin secretion and resistance to simulated gastric fluid acid

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A study is conducted to see the resistance and adaptation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 when undergoing acidic conditions in the stomach. The procedure and the results are discussed.

author: Marshall, Douglas L., Yuk, Hyun-Gyun
Analysis, Acidity function

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subjects list: Research, Genetic aspects, Escherichia coli
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