Abstract
A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from an epidemic of "nonspecific" diarrhea has been shown to harbor a plasmid which specifies enterotoxin production.
MeSH terms
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Clone Cells
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Diarrhea / microbiology*
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Enterotoxins / biosynthesis*
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Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli / metabolism*
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Extrachromosomal Inheritance*
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Genetics, Microbial
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Humans