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Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.02704-07
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli exploit EspA filaments for attachment to salad leaves

Robert K. Shaw, Cedric N. Berger, Bart Feys, Stuart Knutton, Mark J. Pallen, and Gad Frankel*

Division of Immunity and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: g.frankel{at}imperial.ac.uk.


  Abstract

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are important food-borne pathogens which use a filamentous type III secretion system (fT3SS) for colonization of the gut epithelium. In this study we have shown that EHEC O157 and O26 use the fT3SS apparatus for attachment to leaves. Leaf attachment was independent of effector protein translocation.




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