| Slugs: potential novel vectors of Escherichia coli O157. | |
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PMID: 16391036 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Field and laboratory studies were performed to determine whether slugs could act as novel vectors for pathogen (e.g., Escherichia coli O157) transfer from animal feces to salad vegetables. Escherichia coli O157 was isolated from 0.21% of field slugs from an Aberdeenshire sheep farm. These isolates carried the verocytotoxin genes (vt1 and vt2) and the attaching and effacing gene (eae), suggesting that they are potentially pathogenic to humans. Strain typing using multilocus variable number tandem repeats analysis showed that slug and sheep isolates were indistinguishable. Laboratory experiments using an E. coli mutant resistant to nalidixic acid showed that the ubiquitous slug species Deroceras reticulatum could carry viable E. coli on its external surface for up to 14 days. Slugs that had been fed E. coli shed viable bacteria in their feces with numbers showing a short but statistically significant linear log decline. Further, it was found that E. coli persisted for up to 3 weeks in excreted slug feces, and hence, we conclude that slugs have the potential to act as novel vectors of E. coli O157. |
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Authors:
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Emma L Sproston; M Macrae; Iain D Ogden; Michael J Wilson; Norval J C Strachan |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Applied and environmental microbiology Volume: 72 ISSN: 0099-2240 ISO Abbreviation: Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Publication Date: 2006 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-01-04 Completed Date: 2006-03-01 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7605801 Medline TA: Appl Environ Microbiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 144-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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School of Biological Sciences, Cruickshank Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom. |
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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genetics Animal Husbandry Animals Disease Vectors* Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology, transmission* Escherichia coli O157 / classification, genetics, isolation & purification*, pathogenicity Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics Feces / microbiology Gastropoda / microbiology* Minisatellite Repeats / genetics Sheep Shiga Toxin 1 / genetics Shiga Toxins / genetics |
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0/Adhesins, Bacterial; 0/Escherichia coli Proteins; 0/Shiga Toxin 1; 0/Shiga Toxins; 0/verocytotoxin 2; 147094-99-3/eaeA protein, E coli |
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