Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other E. coli Strains Share Physiological Properties Associated with Intestinal Colonization

Authors

Lisa Jacobsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lisa Durso, Meat Animal Research CenterFollow
Tyrell Conway, University of OklahomaFollow
Kenneth W. Nickerson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

7-2009

Document Type

Article

Citation

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 75, No. 13, July 2009, pp. 4633–4635. doi:10.1128/AEM.00003-09

Comments

U. S. government work.

Abstract

Escherichia coli isolates (72 commensal and 10 O157:H7 isolates) were compared with regard to physiological and growth parameters related to their ability to survive and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and found to be similar. We propose that nonhuman hosts in E. coli O157:H7 strains function similarly to other E. coli strains in regard to attributes relevant to gastrointestinal colonization.