Escherichia coli acid resistance:: Tales of an amateur acidophile

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Foster, JW [1 ]
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[1] Univ S Alabama, Coll Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Mobile, AL 36695 USA
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10.1038/nrmicro1021
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Gastrointestinal pathogens are faced with an extremely acidic environment. Within moments, a pathogen such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 can move from the nurturing pH 7 environment of a hamburger to the harsh pH 2 milieu of the stomach. Surprisingly, certain microorganisms that grow at neutral pH have elegantly regulated systems that enable survival during excursions into acidic environments. The best-characterized acid-resistance system is found in E. coli.
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