Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington

M Samadpour; J E Ongerth; J Liston; N Tran; D Nguyen; T S Whittam; R A Wilson; P I Tarr

doi:10.1128/aem.60.3.1038-1040.1994

Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1994 Mar;60(3):1038-40. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.3.1038-1040.1994.

Authors

M Samadpour¹, J E Ongerth, J Liston, N Tran, D Nguyen, T S Whittam, R A Wilson, P I Tarr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

Abstract

Fresh meat, poultry, and seafood purchased from Seattle area grocery stores were investigated for the presence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA probes for Shiga-like toxin (SLT) genes I and II. Of the 294 food samples tested, 17% had colonies with sequence homology to SLT I and/or SLT II genes.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Toxins / analysis*
Cattle
Escherichia coli / chemistry
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
Food Microbiology*
Meat / microbiology*
Poultry / microbiology*
Seafood / microbiology*
Serotyping
Sheep
Shiga Toxin 1
Shiga Toxin 2
Species Specificity
Swine
Washington

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Shiga Toxin 1
Shiga Toxin 2