The Intriguing Evolutionary Journey of Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) toward Pathogenicity

Among the intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are a group of intracellular pathogens able to enter epithelial cells of colon, multiplicate within them, and move between adjacent cells with a mechanism similar to Shigella, the ethiological agent of bacillary dysenter...

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Main Authors: Martina Pasqua, Valeria Michelacci, Maria Letizia Di Martino, Rosangela Tozzoli, Milena Grossi, Bianca Colonna, Stefano Morabito, Gianni Prosseda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02390/full