ShiF acts as an auxiliary factor of aerobactin secretion in meningitis Escherichia coli strain S88
Abstract Background The neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC) strain S88 carries a ColV plasmid named pS88 which is involved in meningeal virulence. Transcriptional analysis of pS88 in human serum revealed a strong upregulation of an ORF of unknown function: shiF, which is adjacent to the operon encodi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1677-2 |