Computer artwork ribbon diagram of Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) from Escherichia coli O157. Shiga toxin is produced by enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC),

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Computer artwork ribbon diagram of Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) from Escherichia coli O157. Shiga toxin is produced by enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), a dangerous form of the normally harmless E. coli bacteria which live in the human intestine. Shiga toxin can cause life-threatening diarrhoea, intestinal bleeding, kidney failure and disturbances to blood clotting.

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Keywords: ., bacteria, bacterial, bacteriology, bacterium, coli, cut-, cutout, ehec, entero, enterohaemorrhage, enteropathogenic, escherichia, gastroenteritis, haemorrhage, micro-organisms, shiga, toxin