MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Adaptive radioresistance of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 results in genomic loss of shiga toxin-encoding prophages
G. Gaougaou, A. T. Vincent, K. Krylova…·M. Lacroix
This study shows that adaptive resistance of EHEC O157:H7 to gamma-irradiation involves loss of prophages encoding shiga toxins and mutations in specific genes, leading to reduced virulence and increased radioresistance.
DOI 10.1101/2022.08.08.503262