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Bacteriology
Recent findings in bacteriology described
June 17th, 2005
Bacteriology research advances have been reported from the United States and Ireland. Study 1: According to a study from the United States, the fimYZ genes regulate Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium invasion in addition to type 1 fimbrial expression and bacterial motility. "An important step in S. enterica serovar typhimurium virulence is the ability to invade the intestinal epithelium. The invasion process requires a large number of genes encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) at centisome 63 as well as genes located in other positions throughout the chromosome. Expression of the invasive phenotype is...
Source: Drug Week (2005-06-17)
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