Escherichia coli as a Multifaceted Pathogenic and Versatile Bacterium

VS Braz, K Melchior, CG Moreira - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic plasticity promotes evolution and a vast diversity in Escherichia coli varying from
avirulent to highly pathogenic strains, including the emergence of virulent hybrid …

Pathogenic Escherichia coli

JB Kaper, JP Nataro, HLT Mobley - Nature reviews microbiology, 2004 - nature.com
Few microorganisms are as versatile as Escherichia coli. An important member of the
normal intestinal microflora of humans and other mammals, E. coli has also been widely …

Regulated virulence controls the ability of a pathogen to compete with the gut microbiota

N Kamada, YG Kim, HP Sham, BA Vallance, JL Puente… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The virulence mechanisms that allow pathogens to colonize the intestine remain unclear.
Here, we show that germ-free animals are unable to eradicate Citrobacter rodentium, a …

Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of microbes

J Hacker, JB Kaper - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria (adhesins, toxins, invasins, protein
secretion systems, iron uptake systems, and others) may be encoded by particular regions of …

Pathogenicity islands in bacterial pathogenesis

H Schmidt, M Hensel - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this review, we focus on a group of mobile genetic elements designated pathogenicity
islands (PAI). These elements play a pivotal role in the virulence of bacterial pathogens of …

Bacteria–host communication: the language of hormones

V Sperandio, AG Torres, B Jarvis… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
The interbacterial communication system known as quorum sensing (QS) utilizes hormone-
like compounds referred to as autoinducers to regulate bacterial gene expression …

Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

MA Karmali, V Gannon, JM Sargeant - Veterinary microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli O157: H7 and other Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) are zoonotic
pathogens associated with food and waterborne illness around the world. E. coli O157: H7 …

Type three secretion system in attaching and effacing pathogens

MO Gaytán, VI Martínez-Santos, E Soto… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli are diarrheagenic
bacterial human pathogens that cause severe gastroenteritis. These enteric pathotypes …

Essential Oils and Eugenols Inhibit Biofilm Formation and the Virulence of Escherichia coli O157:H7

YG Kim, JH Lee, G Gwon, SI Kim, JG Park, J Lee - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 (EHEC) has caused foodborne
outbreaks worldwide and the bacterium forms antimicrobial-tolerant biofilms. We …

Maintaining integrity under stress: envelope stress response regulation of pathogenesis in gram-negative bacteria

CL Hews, T Cho, G Rowley, TL Raivio - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Gram-negative bacterial envelope is an essential interface between the intracellular
and harsh extracellular environment. Envelope stress responses (ESRs) are crucial to the …