Shiga toxins A Review of Structure, Mechanism, and Detection

This book presents an overview of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), with in-depth coverage of key areas such as recent Shiga toxin-related poisonings in Europe and the US, the structure, production, and mechanism of action of Shiga toxin, and current

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Christopher J. Silva David L. Brandon Craig B. Skinner Xiaohua He

Shiga toxins

A Review of Structure, Mechanism, and Detection

Food Microbiology and Food Safety

Series Editor: Michael P. Doyle

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7131

Food Microbiology and Food Safety Series The Food Microbiology and Food Safety series is published in conjunction with the International Association for Food Protection, a non-profit association for food safety professionals. Dedicated to the life-long educational needs of its Members, IAFP provides an information network through its two scientific journals (Food Protection Trends and Journal of Food Protection), its educational Annual Meeting, international meetings and symposia, and interaction between food safety professionals.

Series Editor Michael P. Doyle, Regents Professor and Director of the Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA

Editorial Board Francis F. Busta, Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Patricia Desmarchelier, Food Safety Consultant, Brisbane, Australia Jeffrey Farber, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Ottawa, ON, Canada David Golden, Professor of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Vijay Juneja, Supervisory Lead Scientist, USDA-ARS, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Christopher J. Silva • David L. Brandon Craig B. Skinner • Xiaohua He

Shiga toxins A Review of Structure, Mechanism, and Detection

Christopher J. Silva United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA, USA

David L. Brandon United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA, USA

Craig B. Skinner United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA, USA

Xiaohua He United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center Albany, CA, USA

Food Microbiology and Food Safety ISBN 978-3-319-50579-4    ISBN 978-3-319-50580-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50580-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017933562 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publis