Extensive Diversity in Escherichia coli Group 3 Capsules Is Driven by Recombination and Plasmid Transfer from Multiple Species

ABSTRACT Bacterial capsules provide protection against environmental challenges and host immunity. Historically, Escherichia coli K serotyping scheme, which relies on the hypervariable capsules, has identified around 80 K forms that fall into four distinct groups. Based on recent work by us and othe...

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Hlavní autoři:	Yaoqin Hong, Jilong Qin, Xavier Bertran Forga, Makrina Totsika
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Edice:	Microbiology Spectrum
Témata:	capsular polysaccharide surface polysaccharide evolution Escherichia coli phage receptor glycobiology
On-line přístup:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01432-23
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