Open AccessDiversity of strategies used by atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to induce attaching and effacing lesion in epithelial cells
Author(s) -
Melissa A. Vieira,
Regiane C. B. Dias,
Luís Fernando dos Santos,
Vera Lúcia Mores Rall,
Tânia A. T. Gomes,
Rodrigo T. Hernandes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000998
Subject(s) - enteropathogenic escherichia coli , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , actin , pilus , lesion , actin cytoskeleton , bacterial adhesin , escherichia coli , phosphorylation , hela , cytoskeleton , gene , pathology , cell , medicine , genetics
This study aimed to characterize 82 atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) isolates, obtained from patients with diarrhea in Brazil, regarding their adherence patterns on HeLa cells and attaching and effacing (AE) lesion pathways.