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- noun Any of a group of
toxins , found in some microorganisms of genusShigella andEscherichia , that can cause acute renal failure
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Examples
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Karmali MA, Mascarenhas M, Shen S, Ziebell K, Johnson S, et al. (2003) Association of genomic O island 122 of Escherichia coli EDL 933 with verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli seropathotypes that are linked to epidemic and/or serious disease.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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'' Escherichia coli O157 '' is a "verocytotoxin-producing serogroup belonging to the O subfamily of Escherichia coli which has been shown to cause severe food-borne disease.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'' Escherichia coli O157 '' is a "verocytotoxin-producing serogroup belonging to the O subfamily of Escherichia coli which has been shown to cause severe food-borne disease.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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