Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor Listeriolysin O favors bacterial growth in co-culture with the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis, causes protozoan encystment and promotes bacterial survival inside cysts

BACKGROUND: The gram-positive pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is widely spread in the nature. L. monocytogenes was reported to be isolated from soil, water, sewage and sludge. Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a L. monocytogenes major virulence factor. In the course of infection in mammals, LLO i...

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Autores principales: Pushkareva, Valentina I, Ermolaeva, Svetlana A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20109168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-26

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20109168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-26

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