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The cost of virulence: retarded growth of Salmonella Typhimurium cells expressing type III secretion system 1.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jul 2011
Sturm Alexander, Heinemann Matthias, Arnoldini Markus, Benecke Arndt, Ackermann Martin, Benz Matthias, Dormann Jasmine, Hardt Wolf-Dietrich
Abstract excerpt
Virulence factors generally enhance a pathogen's fitness and thereby foster transmission. However, most studies of pathogen fitness have been performed by averaging the phenotypes over large populations. Here, we have analyzed the fitness costs of virulence factor expression by Salmonella enteric...
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