The impact of plasma membrane lipid composition on flagella-mediated adhesion of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
H. Cazzola, L. Lemaire, S. Acket, E. Prost, L. Duma, M. Erhardt, P. Cechova, P. Trouillas, F. R. Mohareb, C. Rossi, Y. Rossez
This paper investigates how lipid composition affects flagella-mediated adhesion of EHEC O157:H7 to host cells, finding that polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibit adhesion while lipid rafts are important for bacterial binding.
mSphere · Oct 28, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology