Transduction of enteric Escherichia coli isolates with a derivative of Shiga toxin 2-encoding bacteriophage phi3538 isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on September 01, 1999

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H Schmidt1, M Bielaszewska, H Karch

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1: Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie der Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. hschmidt@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

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