Isolation and characterisation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from Norwegian bivalves

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Only a few studies concerning Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) detection in bivalves and their harvesting areas have been reported, and to the best of our knowledge there are no outbreaks associated with STEC from bivalves described. The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of STEC in Norwegian bivalves, and to characterize potential STEC isolated from the samples. A total of 269 samples of bivalves were screened for the presence of stx and eae genes, and markers for the serogroups O26, O103, O111, O145 and O157 by using ISO TS 13136 (2012). The screening returned 19 samples that were positive for stx and eae, and attempts of isolation of STEC were made from these samples. Presumptive STEC were obtained from three samples, and three isolates (one from each sample) were subjected to whole-genome-sequencing (WGS). The WGS revealed that one of the isolates did not carry the stx genes, while the other two were identified as stx2i positive E. coli O9:H19 and stx2g positive E. coli O96:H19. Neither of the two STEC isolates were positive for virulence markers such as eae and ehx. The results suggest that the occurrence of STEC in Norwegian bivalves is low.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

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Food microbiology - 84(2019) vom: 17. Dez., Seite 103268

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martin, Carlota Cedillo [VerfasserIn]
Svanevik, Cecilie Smith [VerfasserIn]
Lunestad, Bjørn Tore [VerfasserIn]
Sekse, Camilla [VerfasserIn]
Johannessen, Gro S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bivalves
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Journal Article
Norway
STEC
Shiga-toxin

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Date Completed 12.12.2019

Date Revised 17.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.fm.2019.103268

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NLM300320124