A Novel Small RNA Promotes Motility and Virulence of Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 in Response to Ammonium
Tianyuan Jia, Bin Liu, Huiqian Mu, Chengqian Qian, Lu Wang, Linxing Li, Gege Lu, Wenxuan Zhu, Xi Guo, Bin Yang, Di Huang, Lu Feng, Bin Liu
Abstract
The process by which bacteria sense environmental cues to regulate their virulence is complex. Several studies have focused on regulating the expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement pathogenicity island in the typical gut pathogenic bacterium, O157.
Topics & Concepts
VirulenceMicrobiologyEscherichia coliBacteriaBiologyPathogenicity islandEnterocyteVirulence factorMotilityPathogenic bacteriaRNAGeneticsGeneBiochemistrySmall intestineEscherichia coli research studiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyVibrio bacteria research studies