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Escherichia coli
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TL;DR: 5'-nuclease PCR assays for detecting eight O-serogroups, H7 flagellar antigen and stx genes from the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated with the world's most frequent clinical cases indicate that these assays could serve as a basis for rapid specific stx, O and H7 typing of these major pathogenic serogroups of E. coli.
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TL;DR: Data indicated that OTAP-92 possesses a unique structural motif similar to the insect defensins, capable of killing Gram-negative bacteria by crossing the OM by a self-promoted uptake and cause damage to the biological function of cytoplasmic membrane.
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TL;DR: Human milk oligosaccharides inhibit the adhesion to epithelial cells not only of common pathogens like E. coli but also for the first time of other aggressive bacteria as V. cholerae and S. fyris, demonstrating one of the important defensive factors contained in human milk against acute diarrheal infections of breast-fed infants.
Abstract: Breast-fed children, compared with the bottle-fed ones, have a lower incidence of acute gastroenteritis due to the presence of several antiinfective factors in human milk. The aim of this work is to study the ability of human milk oligosaccharides to prevent infections related to some common pathogenic bacteria. Oligosaccharides of human milk were fractionated by gel-filtration and characterized by thin-layer chromatography and high-performance anion exchange chromatography. Fractions obtained contained, respectively, 1) acidic oligosaccharides, 2) neutral high-molecular-weight oligosaccharides, and 3) neutral low-molecular-weight oligosaccharides. Experiments were carried out to study the ability of oligosaccharides in inhibiting the adhesion of three intestinal microorganisms (enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotype O119, Vibrio cholerae, and Salmonella fyris) to differentiated Caco-2 cells. The study showed that the acidic fraction had an antiadhesive effect on the all three pathogenic strains studied (with different degrees of inhibition). The neutral high-molecular-weight fraction significantly inhibited the adhesion of E. coli O119 and V. cholerae, but not that of S. fyris; the neutral low-molecular-weight fraction was effective toward E. coli O119 and S. fyris but not V. cholerae. Our results demonstrate that human milk oligosaccharides inhibit the adhesion to epithelial cells not only of common pathogens like E. coli but also for the first time of other aggressive bacteria as V. cholerae and S. fyris. Consequently, oligosaccharides are one of the important defensive factors contained in human milk against acute diarrheal infections of breast-fed infants.
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TL;DR: The construction of a plasmid is reported, pMTlacT2, which directs the synthesis of the Mr 49,800 polypeptide encoded by the transcript 2 gene, probably an indoleacetamide hydrolase, that participates in auxin biosynthesis.
Abstract: Stable incorporation of tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid sequences, the T-DNA, into the genomes of dicotyledonous plants results in the formation of crown gall tumors. Previous genetic studies have suggested that the products of the genes encoding transcripts 1 and 2, which are encoded by the TL-DNA region of pTiA6, are responsible for inducing the auxin-independent phenotype of crown gall tissues. Here we report the construction of a plasmid, pMTlacT2, which directs the synthesis of the Mr 49,800 polypeptide encoded by the transcript 2 gene. Cell-free extracts prepared from Escherichia coli harboring this plasmid converted indoleacetamide to indoleacetic acid, the natural auxin of plants; extracts prepared from plasmidless strains of E. coli or strains harboring the cloning vehicle pBR322 did not carry out this reaction. We conclude that the transcript 2 gene of pTiA6 codes for an enzyme that participates in auxin biosynthesis, probably an indoleacetamide hydrolase.
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TL;DR: It seems very likely that host immune mechanisms play a significant role in the pathogenesis of neonatal E. coli K1 meningitis.
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