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Escherichia coli strain O157
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This E. coli serogroup may or may not be motile and contains both Shiga-toxin producing and nonproducing stains of bacteria. E. coli O157 was isolated from livestock and is a food borne pathogen that causes diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Escherichia coli and strain O157. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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