BiochemistrybioRxivPreprint
A commensal adhesin enhances E. coli retention by mucin, while mucin desulfation by mucin-foraging bacteria enhances its transmigration through the mucus barrier
Fitua Al-Saedi, Diana Pereira Vaz, Daniel H Stones, Anne Marie Krachler
This study shows that E. coli adhesin MAMHS enhances retention by mucin, while mucin desulfation by B. thetaiotaomicron increases E. coli transmigration through the mucus barrier.
DOI 10.1101/126672