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Novel type of pilus associated with a Shiga-toxigenic E. coli hybrid pathovar conveys aggregative adherence and bacterial virulence

A large German outbreak in 2011 was caused by a locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-negative enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strain of the serotype O104:H4. This strain harbors markers that are characteristic of both EHEC and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), including aggregative adhesion fimbria...

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Autores principales: Lang, Christina, Fruth, Angelika, Holland, Gudrun, Laue, Michael, Mühlen, Sabrina, Dersch, Petra, Flieger, Antje
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6279748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30514915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41426-018-0209-8