Analysis of feces samples collected from a wild-bird garden feeding station in Scotland for the presence of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Mar;72(3):2265-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2265-2267.2006.

Abstract

Composite wild bird feces collected at regular intervals from a garden feeding station in southwest Scotland over a 3-year period were examined for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157. One sample was positive for Escherichia coli O157. The isolate belonged to phage type 21/28 and possessed vtx2, eaeA, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA genes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / microbiology*
  • Birds / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / classification
  • Escherichia coli O157 / genetics
  • Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / metabolism
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Scotland
  • Shiga Toxins / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Shiga Toxins