Bacterial Infection (Pathology)

Scientists Report X-Rays Show How Bacteria Infect Cells

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 30th, 1999

Two teams of scientists said they had been able to take pictures of the tiny structures used by bacteria to infect cells, and said their studies may lead to new ways to fight disease.

The three-dimensional X-ray images show just how Escherichia coli and related bacteria use tiny hairs to stick to and invade cells.

"These are the first detailed snapshots of the basis for an interaction between a disease-causing bacterium and its host," Scott Hultgren, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, who headed the teams, said.

E. coli and related bacteria, known as enterococci because they live in the...

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