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Oxygen-Limiting Conditions Enrich for Fimbriate Cells of Uropathogenic<i>Proteus mirabilis</i>and<i>Escherichia coli</i>
30 Dec 2008
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MR/P fimbriae of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis undergo invertible element-mediated phase variation whereby an individual bacterium switches between expressing fimbriae (phase ON) and not expressing fimbriae (phase OFF). Under different conditions, the percentage of fimbriate bacteria within a population varies and could be dictated by either selection (growth advantage of one phase) or signaling (preferentially...
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