Serotype of the bacterial species Escherichia coli and is one of the Shiga toxin–producing types of E. coli

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When food kills : BSE, E. coli, and disaster science / T. Hugh Pennington.

A thoroughly modern microbe.

The Pennington Group : report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli O157 in Central Scotland, the implications for food safety and the lessons to be learned.

The Pennington Group : interim report and conclusions.

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Escherichia coli O157

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When food kills : BSE, E. coli, and disaster science / T. Hugh Pennington.

A thoroughly modern microbe.

The Pennington Group : report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli O157 in Central Scotland, the implications for food safety and the lessons to be learned.

The Pennington Group : interim report and conclusions.