@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310, author = "Albert, M. J. and Faruque, S. M. and Ansaruzzaman, M. and Islam, M. M. and Haider, K. and Alam, K. and Kabir, I. and Robins-Browne, R.", title = "Sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Hafnia alvei", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1992", volume = "37", number = "5", pages = "310-314", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary Seven strains of Hafnia alvei isolated from diarrhoeal stools of children resembled enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in that they produced attaching-effacing (AE) lesions in rabbit ileal loops and fluorescent actin staining in infected HEp-2 cells. In addition, a DNA probe from a chromosomal gene required by EPEC to produce AE lesions, hybridised to chromosomal DNA from all seven H. alvei strains. These findings indicate that there is a sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels by H. alvei and EPEC. H. alvei strains with these properties should be considered diarrhoeagenic.", }