Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli exploits EspA filaments for attachment to salad leaves.
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains are important food-borne pathogens that 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 strains use the fT3SS apparatus for attachment to leaves. Leaf attachment was independent of effector protein translocation.
Shaw
Robert K
RK
Division of Immunity and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Berger
Cedric N
CN
Feys
Bart
B
Knutton
Stuart
S
Pallen
Mark J
MJ
Frankel
Gad
G
D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D054324:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018545:Lactuca / Q000382:microbiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C102051:EspA protein, E coli