enteroaggregative E. coli

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enteroaggregative E. coli

bacterium

Also known as: EAEC

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German E. coli outbreak of 2011
E. coli O104:H4
coli (EPEC), enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), and diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC). The causative EAEC O104:H4 bacterium of the 2011 outbreak was initially described as a strain of EHEC, but subsequent genetic analyses revealed that it was closely related to EAEC; some scientists classified it as a…
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coli (EPEC), enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), and diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC). The causative EAEC O104:H4 bacterium of the 2011 outbreak was initially described as a strain of EHEC, but subsequent genetic analyses revealed that it was closely related to EAEC; some scientists classified it as a…
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