Enterobacterial Microbiota on Stomoxys calcitrans External Surface
2010
Castro, B.G. | Souza, M.M.S. | Régua-Mangia, A.H. | Bittencourt, A.J.
The current study evaluated the prevalence of enterobacterial agents on the external surface of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans. In addition, this study investigated the presence of virulence genes of enterobacteria. Twenty different species were isolated and identified, Escherichia coli was the most frequent species isolated. The genes stx1, stx2 and/or eae for production of Shiga toxin were present in 13.04% of the E. coli samples.
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