A Newly Identified Group of P-like (PL) Fimbria Genes from Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) Encode Distinct Adhesin Subunits and Mediate Adherence to Host Cells-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Newly Identified Group of P-like (PL) Fimbria Genes from Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) Encode Distinct Adhesin Subunits and Mediate Adherence to Host Cells

Published:2022-07-12 Issue:13 Volume:88 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Habouria Hajer¹²,Bessaiah Hicham¹²,Pokharel Pravil¹²,Dhakal Sabin¹²,Maris Ségolène¹²,Buron Julie¹²,Houle Sébastien¹²,Dozois Charles M.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada

2. Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine et Avicole (CRIPA), Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Abstract

Fimbriae are important colonization factors in many bacterial species. The identification of a new type of fimbriae encoded on some IncF plasmids in E. coli was investigated.

Funder

Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

FRQ | Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.01421-21

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