Impact of horizontal gene transfer on emergence and stability of cooperative virulence in Salmonella Typhimurium
Intestinal inflammation fuels the transmission of Salmonella Typhimurium (S.Tm). However, a substantial fitness cost is associated with virulence expression. Mutations inactivating transcriptional virulence regulators generate attenuated variants profiting from inflammation without enduring virulenc...
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Nature Research
2022
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