A Novel pAA Virulence Plasmid Encoding Toxins and Two Distinct Variants of the Fimbriae of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an increasingly recognized pathogen associated with acute and persistent diarrhea worldwide. While EAEC strains are considered highly heterogeneous, aggregative adherence fimbriae (AAFs) are thought to play a pivotal role in pathogenicity by facilitating...

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Published in:Front Microbiol
Main Authors: Jønsson, Rie, Struve, Carsten, Boll, Erik J., Boisen, Nadia, Joensen, Katrine G., Sørensen, Camilla A., Jensen, Betina H., Scheutz, Flemming, Jenssen, Håvard, Krogfelt, Karen A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320562/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28275371
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00263
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