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Volume 9, Number 12—December 2003
Research

The Rabbit as a New Reservoir Host of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Alexis García*Comments to Author  and James G. Fox*
Author affiliations: *Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Table

Serotypes, biochemical, and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli strains isolated from laboratory rabbits

Source Rabbit Serotype API code stx1 stx2 and variants eae
A
 DB 01-204
 O153:H-
 5144162
 +
 -
 +
O145:H-
 5144552
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 01-206
 O145:H-
 5144552
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 01-207
 O7:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 01-208
 O7:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 01-210
 O7:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 01-211
 O7:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-171
 O8:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-181
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
O145:H-
 5144672
 -
 -
 +
O145:H-
 4144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-182
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
O7:HM, O141:HM
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-174
 O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-175
 O138:HM
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-172
 O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-169
 O103:H2
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-177
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A:H-
 5144142
 +
 -
 +
O145:H-
 5144172
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-173
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-183
 O153:H-
 5144572
 +
 -
 +
O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-176
 O7:H-, O141:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-179
 O153:H7
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-2413
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-2368
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-10032
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-206
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
O145:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-207
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
O145:H-
 5144172
 -
 -
 +
O145:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-208
 O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 +
A
 DB 02-209
 O8:H44
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-210
 M:H-
 7144172
 -
 -
 -
O75:H-
 5144172
 -
 -
 -
A
 DB 02-212
 O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 +
A
 NZW 02-153
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-186
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-187
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-188
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-198
 NT:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-199
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-218
 O86:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-222
 O7:H7
 7144573
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-223
 M:H7
 7144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-225
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
O145:H-
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
A
 NZW 02-227
 O153:H-
 5144542
 +
 -
 -
O153:H7
 5144542
 +
 -
 -
B
 DB 02-228
 O75:H-
 5144172
 -
 -
 -
B
 DB 02-231
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
B
 DB 02-232
 O7:H7
 5144572
 -
 -
 -
B DB 02-233 O7:H7 5144572 - - -

DB, Dutch Belted; NZW, New Zealand White; A, autoagglutination; M, multiple; NT, did not react with antisera

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