Laboratory of Bacteriology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jan;79(1):411-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02635-12. Epub 2012 Oct 26.
Autotransporter (AT) protein-encoding genes of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) pathotypes (cah, eatA, ehaABCDJ, espC, espI, espP, pet, pic, sat, and tibA) were detected in typical and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) in frequencies between 0.8% and 39.3%. Although these ATs have been described in particular DEC pathotypes, their presence in EPEC indicates that they should not be considered specific virulence markers.
肠致病性大肠杆菌(DEC)血清型(cah、eatA、ehaABCDJ、espC、espI、espP、pet、pic、sat 和 tibA)的自转运蛋白(AT)编码基因在典型和非典型肠致病性大肠杆菌(EPEC)中的检出率在 0.8%至 39.3%之间。虽然这些 AT 已在特定的 DEC 血清型中描述过,但它们在 EPEC 中的存在表明它们不应被视为特定的毒力标志物。