mBio (Apr 2021)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03605-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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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.