Escherichia coli O-antigen capsule (group 4) is essential for serum resistance

Dvora Biran; Ilan Rosenshine; Eliora Z. Ron

doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2019.12.002

Escherichia coli O-antigen capsule (group 4) is essential for serum resistance

Dvora Biran, Ilan Rosenshine, Eliora Z. Ron^*

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Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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Abstract

Many septicemic Escherichia coli strains produce polysaccharide capsules, which are important for survival in serum. Here we show that a septicemic E. coli strain of serotype O78 produce an O-antigen capsule (group 4 capsule) and we show that this capsule is essential for serum survival.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-101
Number of pages	3
Journal	Research in Microbiology
Volume	171
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2019.12.002
State	Published - Mar 2020

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Keywords

Capsule
Colisepticemia
Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (EXPEC)
Group 4 capsule
Sepsis
Serum survival

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