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In order to increase survival chances in contact to eukaryotic host cells, both symbiotic and pathogenic bacteria have developed methods to influence host cell behavior. The type III secretion system (T3SS) injectisome is a molecular machinery used by various pathogenic bacterial genera, including Salmonella, Shigella, pathogenic Escherichia, Pseudomonas, and Yersinia to deliver molecular toxins--effector proteins--directly into the eukaryotic host cells. Researchers in the laboratory of Andreas Diepold at the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology have now found that high dynamics of this apparatus allow bacteria to adapt quickly to changing conditions in the digestive tract.
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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
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