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

Dvora Biran, Ilan Rosenshine, Eliora Z. Ron*

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-101
Number of pages3
JournalResearch in Microbiology
Volume171
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
EC Network of Excellence Euro-PathoGenomicsCEE LSHB-CT-2005-512061
German-Israeli Project CooperationRO 2612/1-1
Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance
Ministry of Health, State of Israel

    Keywords

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

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