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SUBMITTER: Brathwaite KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4534711 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brathwaite Kelly J KJ Siringan Patcharin P Connerton Phillippa L PL Connerton Ian F IF
Research in microbiology 20150522 6
The carrier state of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni represents an alternative life cycle whereby virulent bacteriophages can persist in association with host bacteria without commitment to lysogeny. Host bacteria exhibit significant phenotypic changes that improve their ability to survive extra-intestinal environments, but exhibit growth-phase-dependent impairment in motility. We demonstrate that early exponential phase cultures become synchronised with respect to the non-motile phe ...[more]