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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Main Authors: Bakkeren, E. (Author), Diard, M. (Author), Gül, E. (Author), Hardt, W.-D (Author), Huisman, J.S (Author), Rocker, A. (Author), Steiger, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2022
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