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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2009, p. 862-865, Vol. 75, No. 3
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01158-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Shiga Toxins, and the Genes Encoding Them, in Fecal Samples from Native Idaho Ungulates{triangledown}

Jeremy J. Gilbreath, Malcolm S. Shields,* Rebekah L. Smith, Larry D. Farrell, Peter P. Sheridan, and Kathleen M. Spiegel

Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Received 23 May 2008/ Accepted 22 November 2008

Cattle are a known reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. The prevalence and stability of Shiga toxin and/or Shiga toxin genes among native wild ungulates in Idaho were investigated. The frequency of both Shiga genes and toxin was similar to that reported for Idaho cattle (~19%).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8007, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007. Phone: (208) 282-5719. Fax: (208) 282-4750. E-mail: shiemalc{at}isu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 December 2008.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2009, p. 862-865, Vol. 75, No. 3
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01158-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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