Bacteriocin synthesis in uropathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli: colicin E1 is a potential virulence factor.

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Authors	ŠMAJS David MICENKOVÁ Lenka ŠMARDA Jan VRBA M. ŠEVČÍKOVÁ A. VALIŠOVÁ Zuzana WOZNICOVÁ Vladana
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	BMC Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Web	http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2180-10-288.pdf
Field	Microbiology, virology
Keywords	bacteriocin; colicin E1; E. coli; urinary tract infections
Description	Bacteriocin production is an important characteristic of E. coli strains of human origin. To date, 26 colicin and 9 microcin types have been analyzed on a molecular level allowing molecular detection of the corresponding genes. The production incidence of 29 bacteriocin types and E. coli phylogroups were tested in a set of 361 E. coli strains isolated from human urinary tract infections (UTI) and in 411 control strains isolated from feces of patients without bacterial gut infection.
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