A pathoadaptive deletion in an enteroaggregative Escherichia coli outbreak strain enhances virulence in a Caenorhabditis elegans model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4068-4076

  Hwang, Jennifer ^a,b   Mattei, Lisa M ^a,c   VanArendonk, Laura G ^a   Meneely, Philip M ^a   Okeke, Iruka N ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; ANIMAL; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956638877     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00014-10     Document Type: Article

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