The strain of E. coli O157:H7 Sakai (19 (link), 20 (link)) used in this study was provided by Carlton Gyles (Guelph, Canada). A stock culture was maintained at −80 °C and was cultivated by plating onto brain-heart infusion (BHI) agar (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, CM225) and incubating at 37 °C for 24 h. An isolated colony was inoculated into 25 ml of BHI broth and incubated at 37 °C for 20 h. The resulting broth culture was kept at 4 °C and used as a “working” culture within a week.
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