%0 Journal Article %A Albert, M. J. %A Faruque, S. M. %A Ansaruzzaman, M. %A Islam, M. M. %A Haider, K. %A Alam, K. %A Kabir, I. %A Robins-Browne, R. %T Sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Hafnia alvei %D 1992 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 37 %N 5 %P 310-314 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-37-5-310