Talk:Shigatoxigenic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli

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Did you know... that Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli are responsible for tens of thousands of cases of foodborne illness a year?

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I see that the article has been renamed. I tried to choose the name that had the most acceptance in the scientific literature. What was the reasoning behind the move? Speciate (talk) 17:50, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Consolidate articles?

As I understand it, there really isn't any such fixed species as a verotoxin-producitng E. coli, rather any enterobacterium that acquires a lambdoid prophage with an Stx gene becomes verotoxin-producting. Shouldn't the following articles be combined under the heading of something like, "Pathogenic Escherichia coli":

I note also that there are separate articles for Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxin, which probably isn't justified. --Zeamays (talk) 17:54, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]