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SUBMITTER: Kunsmann L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4539607 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kunsmann Lisa L Rüter Christian C Bauwens Andreas A Greune Lilo L Glüder Malte M Kemper Björn B Fruth Angelika A Wai Sun Nyunt SN He Xiaohua X Lloubes Roland R Schmidt M Alexander MA Dobrindt Ulrich U Mellmann Alexander A Karch Helge H Bielaszewska Martina M
Scientific reports 20150818
The highly virulent Escherichia coli O104:H4 that caused the large 2011 outbreak of diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome secretes blended virulence factors of enterohaemorrhagic and enteroaggregative E. coli, but their secretion pathways are unknown. We demonstrate that the outbreak strain releases a cocktail of virulence factors via outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) shed during growth. The OMVs contain Shiga toxin (Stx) 2a, the major virulence factor of the strain, Shigella enterotoxin 1, H4 ...[more]