Escherichia coli is the predominant nonpathogenic facultative flora of the human intestine.
Some E. coli strains, however, have developed the ability to cause disease of the …

Iron is an indispensable metabolic cofactor in both pro-and eukaryotes, which engenders a
natural competition for the metal between bacterial pathogens and their human or animal …

Phylogenetic analysis has shown that Escherichia coli is composed of four main
phylogenetic groups (A, B1, B2, and D) and that virulent extra-intestinal strains mainly …

The provisional molecular approach, proposed by EFSA in 2013, for the pathogenicity
assessment of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been reviewed. Analysis …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a major food-borne infectious pathogen that causes diarrhea,
hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Here we report the complete …

The appearance of oxygen on earth led to two major problems: the production of potentially
deleterious reactive oxygen species and a drastic decrease in iron availability. In addition …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections, especially
among women and older adults, leading to a significant global healthcare cost burden …

Iron is the most abundant transition metal in the human body and its bioavailability is
stringently controlled. In particular, iron is tightly bound to host proteins such as transferrin to …

The proliferative capability of many invasive pathogens is limited by the bioavailability of
iron. Pathogens have thus developed strategies to obtain iron from their host organisms. In …

The distribution of EDL 933 O island 122 (OI-122) was investigated in 70 strains of
Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) of multiple serotypes that were classified …