Campylobacter virulence and survival factors

DJ Bolton - Food microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite over 30 years of research, campylobacteriosis is the most prevalent foodborne
bacterial infection in many countries including in the European Union and the United States …

Campylobacter jejuni: collective components promoting a successful enteric lifestyle

PM Burnham, DR Hendrixson - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial diarrhoeal disease in many areas of
the world. The high incidence of sporadic cases of disease in humans is largely due to its …

Biosynthesis and Assembly of Capsular Polysaccharides in Escherichia coli

C Whitfield - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Capsules are protective structures on the surfaces of many bacteria. The remarkable
structural diversity in capsular polysaccharides is illustrated by almost 80 capsular serotypes …

Campylobacter jejuni: molecular biology and pathogenesis

KT Young, LM Davis, VJ DiRita - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that is common in the developed
world. However, we know less about its biology and pathogenicity than we do about other …

Diversity of microbial sialic acid metabolism

ER Vimr, KA Kalivoda, EL Deszo… - … and molecular biology …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sialic acids are structurally unique nine-carbon keto sugars occupying the interface between
the host and commensal or pathogenic microorganisms. An important function of host sialic …

Colonization factors of Campylobacter jejuni in the chicken gut

D Hermans, K Van Deun, A Martel, F Van Immerseel… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Springer
Campylobacter contaminated broiler chicken meat is an important source of foodborne
gastroenteritis and poses a serious health burden in industrialized countries. Broiler …

Pivotal roles of the outer membrane polysaccharide export and polysaccharide copolymerase protein families in export of extracellular polysaccharides in gram …

L Cuthbertson, IL Mainprize, JH Naismith… - Microbiology and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many bacteria export extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) and capsular polysaccharides
(CPS). These polymers exhibit remarkably diverse structures and play important roles in the …

A phase‐variable capsule is involved in virulence of Campylobacter jejuni 81‐176

DJ Bacon, CM Szymanski, DH Burr… - Molecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Campylobacter jejuni strain 81‐176 (HS36, 23) synthesizes two distinct glycan structures, as
visualized by immunoblotting of proteinase K‐digested whole‐cell preparations. A site …

Biofilm formation in Campylobacter jejuni

GWP Joshua, C Guthrie-Irons, AV Karlyshev… - …, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
The major gastrointestinal pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is shown to exist as three forms of
monospecies biofilm in liquid culture. It attaches to a glass surface; forms an unattached …

The genetic bases for the variation in the lipo-oligosaccharide of the mucosal pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni: biosynthesis of sialylated ganglioside mimics in the …

M Gilbert, MF Karwaski, S Bernatchez… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
We have compared the lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) biosynthesis loci from 11 Campylobacter
jejunistrains expressing a total of 8 different ganglioside mimics in their LOS outer cores …