Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiologic agent of melioidosis, is a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium. This bacterium is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia and can infect
Survival of larvae injected with PBS or approximately 5x104 cfu of wild-type B. anthracis Sterne (WT) or the indicated transposon mutant. Each infection was repeated at least three independent times a
Shiga toxin is the major virulence factor of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), and the gene encoding it is carried within the genome of Shiga toxin-converting phages (Stx phages). Numerous St
Relative survival of wild-type B. anthracis Sterne (WT) and either ΔhtrA or ΔyceGH after being mixed at a 1:1 ratio and injected into each larva. Assays were repeated three independent times.
