K5 Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide Are Important in Resistance to T4 Phage Attack in Probiotic E. coli Strain Nissle 1917

K5 Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide Are Important in Resistance to T4 Phage Attack in Probiotic E. coli Strain Nissle 1917

Rapidly growing antibiotic resistance among gastrointestinal pathogens, and the ability of antibiotics to induce the virulence of these pathogens makes it increasingly difficult to rely on antibiotics to treat gastrointestinal infections. The probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN) is th...

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Main Authors: Manonmani Soundararajan, Rudolf von Bünau, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
E. coli Nissle 1917
phage resistance
T4 phages
lipopolysaccharide
K5 capsule
probiotics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02783/full

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