Examination of retail chickens and sausages in Britain for vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1991 Jul;57(7):2091-3. doi: 10.1128/aem.57.7.2091-2093.1991.

Abstract

Samples from chickens and pork sausages were examined for the presence of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA probes for the Vero cytotoxin genes. Hybridization was detected in 25% of the 184 sausage samples, but none of the chickens was positive. No E. coli O157:H7 strains were isolated, and serotyping showed that the Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli strains belonged to eight different O serogroups and that six strains had an unidentifiable O antigen.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis
  • Chickens
  • DNA Probes
  • Escherichia coli / classification
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Food Microbiology*
  • Meat*
  • Serotyping
  • Shiga Toxin 1
  • Swine
  • United Kingdom

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • DNA Probes
  • Shiga Toxin 1