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Food MicrobiologyEffects of Sublethal Thymol, Carvacrol, and trans-Cinnamaldehyde Adaptation on Virulence Properties of Escherichia coli O157:H7The present study was conducted to evaluate changes in virulence properties in Escherichia coli O157:H7 adapted to sublethal essential oils (EOs). The results demonstrated reduced motility, biofilm-forming ability, and efflux pump activities in EO-adapted E. coli O157:H7, with no induction of...
Genetics and Molecular BiologyAn Osmoregulatory Mechanism Operating through OmpR and LrhA Controls the Motile-Sessile Switch in the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Pantoea alhagiMany motile bacterial populations form surface-attached biofilms in response to specific environmental cues, including osmotic stress in a range of natural and host-related systems. However, cross talk between bacterial osmosensing, swimming, and biofilm formation regulatory networks is not fully understood. Here, we report that the pleiotropic regulator LrhA in Pantoea alhagi is involved in the regulation of flagellar motility...
- Environmental Microbiology | SpotlightCmeABC Multidrug Efflux Pump Contributes to Antibiotic Resistance and Promotes Campylobacter jejuni Survival and Multiplication in Acanthamoeba polyphaga
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