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Correction: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 subclade 8b strains in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, produced larger amounts of Shiga toxin 2 than strains in subclade 8a and other clades

  • Shinichiro Hirai,
  • Eiji Yokoyama,
  • Taku Wakui,
  • Taichiro Ishige,
  • Masaki Nakamura
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There is an error in the seventh sentence of the Abstract. The correct sentence is: On the other hand, a recent study reported that the Stx2 production level in O157 strains was determined mainly by the subtypes of Stx2a phage (ϕStx2a_α, β, γ, δ, ε, and ζ).

There are errors in the penultimate and final sentences of the Abstract. The correct sentences are: In the presence of MMC, subclade 8b strains produced significantly greater amounts of Stx2 than clade 6 strains carrying ϕStx2a_δ. In this study, we propose that Stx2 production in subclade 8b strains in the presence of MMC might be enhanced due to genetic factors other than ϕStx2a_δ.

There is an error in the third sentence of the final paragraph of the Discussion section. The correct sentence is: The level of Stx2 production in subclade 8b strains isolated in Chiba Prefecture in the presence of MMC may be enhanced by genetic factors other than ϕStx2a_δ.

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  1. 1. Hirai S, Yokoyama E, Wakui T, Ishige T, Nakamura M (2018) Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 subclade 8b strains in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, produced larger amounts of Shiga toxin 2 than strains in subclade 8a and other clades. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0191834. pmid:29381715

Citation: Hirai S, Yokoyama E, Wakui T, Ishige T, Nakamura M (2018) Correction: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 subclade 8b strains in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, produced larger amounts of Shiga toxin 2 than strains in subclade 8a and other clades. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196027. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196027

Published: April 16, 2018

Copyright: © 2018 Hirai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.