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Disruption of rcsB by a duplicated sequence in a curli-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 results in differential gene expression in relation to biofilm formation, stress responses and metabolism.
BMC microbiology - 8 Mar 2017
Sharma V K, Bayles D O, Alt D P, Looft T, Brunelle B W, Stasko J A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) strain 86-24, linked to a 1986 disease outbreak, displays curli- and biofilm-negative phenotypes that are correlated with the lack of Congo red (CR) binding and formation of white colonies (CR-) on a CR-containing medium. However, on a CR medium this strain produces red isolates (CR+) capable of producing curli fimbriae and biofilms. RESULTS: To identify genes...
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