| toxin(s), other than cholera toxin, produced by environmental non o1 non o139 vibrio cholerae. | a total of 39 vibrio cholerae non o1 non o139 strains were isolated from surface waters of different parts of dhaka city, bangladesh. all these strains showed lack of ctx or zot gene, as demonstrated by the pcr analysis. eighteen representative strains were tested for enterotoxin production using a rabbit ileal loop model, of which live cells of 8 strains and culture filtrates of 6 strains produced fluid accumulation in ileal loops. however, none of them produced heat stable toxin (st), as detec ... | 2006 | 16696898 |