Autotransporter Protein-Encoding Genes of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Are Found in both Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains

作者：Abreu Afonso G; Bueris Vanessa; Porangaba Tatiane M; Sircili Marcelo P; Navarro Garcia Fernando; Elias Waldir P^*

来源：Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, 79(1): 411-414.

DOI：10.1128/AEM.02635-12

Autotransporter (AT) protein-encoding genes of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes (cah, eatA, ehaABCDJ, espC, espI, espP, pet, pic, sat, and tibA) were detected in typical and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) in frequencies between 0.8% and 39.3%. Although these ATs have been described in particular DEC pathotypes, their presence in EPEC indicates that they should not be considered specific virulence markers.

• 出版日期2013-1