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Vitamin B12 Uptake by the Gut Commensal Bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Limits the Production of Shiga Toxin by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
Toxins - 5 Jan 2016
Cordonnier Charlotte, Le Bihan Guillaume, Emond-Rheault Jean-Guillaume, Garrivier Annie, Harel Josée, Jubelin Grégory
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are foodborne pathogens responsible for the development of bloody diarrhea and renal failure in humans. Many environmental factors have been shown to regulate the production of Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2), the main virulence factor of EHEC. Among them, soluble factors produced by human gut microbiota and in particular, by the predominant species Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B....
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