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Progress in Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and the Mobile Genetic Elements Encoding Them

WANG Qiong, TANG Junni*   

  1. College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Online:2016-02-15 Published:2016-02-26

Abstract:

Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) belong to the family of pyrogenic toxin superantigens. The consumption
of foods containing SEs could cause food poisoning with the symptoms of nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and
diarrhea. This review summarizes the classification and physicochemical properties of different SEs, especially focusing
on the mobile genetic elements encoding SEs, which would have a theoretical and practical significance to epidemiological
investigation and understanding of the virulence mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins.

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs), physicochemical properties, mobile genetic elements

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