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Genetic evidence that Legionella pneumophila RpoS modulates expression of the transmission phenotype in both the exponential phase and the stationary phase.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2004
Bachman Michael A, Swanson Michele S
Abstract excerpt
The opportunistic pathogen Legionella pneumophila alternates between two states: replication within phagocytes and transmission between host amoebae or macrophages. In broth cultures that model this life cycle, during the replication period, CsrA inhibits expression of transmission traits. When nutrients become limiting, the alarmone (p)ppGpp accumulates and the sigma factors RpoS and FliA and the positive...
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