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SUBMITTER: Wang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6204376 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Min M Cao Hengchun H Wang Qian Q Xu Tingting T Guo Xi X Liu Bin B
Frontiers in microbiology 20181022
The type VI secretion system (T6SS), which has been found in 25% of gram-negative bacteria, is a crucial virulence factor in several pathogens. Although T6SS gene loci have been discovered in <i>Cronobacter</i> species, one of the major opportunistic foodborne pathogens, its function has not been elucidated. In this study, the roles of two phylogenetically distinct T6SS gene clusters in <i>Cronobacter sakazakii</i> ATCC12868 were investigated. Analysis of 138 genome sequences of <i>C. sakazakii< ...[more]