The Impact of Plasma Membrane Lipid Composition on Flagellum-Mediated Adhesion of Enterohemorrhagic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

ABSTRACT Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a major cause of foodborne gastrointestinal illness. The adhesion of EHEC to host tissues is the first step enabling bacterial colonization. Adhesins such as fimbriae and flagella mediate this process. Here, we studied the interaction of...

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Main Authors: Hélène Cazzola, Laurine Lemaire, Sébastien Acket, Elise Prost, Luminita Duma, Marc Erhardt, Petra Čechová, Patrick Trouillas, Fady Mohareb, Claire Rossi, Yannick Rossez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00702-20