Energy Taxis toward Host-Derived Nitrate Supports a <italic toggle="yes">Salmonella</italic> Pathogenicity Island 1-Independent Mechanism of Invasion

ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium can cross the epithelial barrier using either the invasion-associated type III secretion system (T3SS-1) or a T3SS-1-independent mechanism that remains poorly characterized. Here we show that flagellum-mediated motility supported a T3SS-1-independent...

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Main Authors: Fabian Rivera-Chávez, Christopher A. Lopez, Lillian F. Zhang, Lucía García-Pastor, Alfredo Chávez-Arroyo, Kristen L. Lokken, Renée M. Tsolis, Sebastian E. Winter, Andreas J. Bäumler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-09-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00960-16