Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a group of pathogens which cause
gastrointestinal disease in humans and have been associated with numerous food-borne …

Abstract Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are food-borne pathogens that
cause hemorrhagic colitis and a serious sequela, the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) …

Background Resveratrol have been known to possess many pharmacological properties
including antioxidant, cardioprotective and anticancer effects. Although current studies …

Gut microbiota plays an important role in maintaining a healthy intestine. Escherichia coli (E.
coli) is a commensal bacteria colonizes the mucous membranes of the gut, intestine, and …

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is present within all animal tissues and organs. Actually, it
surrounds the eukaryotic cells composing the four basic tissue types, ie epithelial, muscle …

Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are involved in the pathogenicity of several Gram-
negative bacteria. Based on sequence analysis, we found that a cluster of E scherichia coli v …

Hosts are protected from attack by potentially harmful enteric microorganisms, viruses, and
parasites by the polarized fully differentiated epithelial cells that make up the epithelium …

Many aspects of E. coli O157: H7 disease remain unclear and include the role of the human
and bovine intestinal microbiomes in infection. Therapeutic strategies involve controlling …

Bacterial type 4a pili are dynamic surface filaments that promote bacterial adherence,
motility, and macromolecular transport. Their genes are highly conserved among …