O157 : H7 forms attaching and effacing lesions at the terminal rectum of cattle and colonization requires the operon Free

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Enterohaemorrhagic O157 : H7 is a human pathogen that causes no apparent disease in cattle, its primary reservoir host. Recent research has demonstrated that O157 : H7 predominately colonizes the distal few centimetres of the bovine rectum, and in this study, the operon encoding a type III secretion system translocon and associated proteins was shown to be essential for colonization. A deletion mutant of failed to colonize cattle, in contrast to a co-inoculated strain containing a chromosomal complement of the operon, therefore fulfilling ‘molecular’ Koch's postulates for this virulence determinant. In addition, attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions were detectable in O157 : H7 microcolonies from the terminal rectum of both naturally and experimentally colonized cattle when examined by transmission electron microscopy. This study proves that type III secretion is required for colonization of cattle by O157 : H7, and that A/E lesion formation occurs at the bovine terminal rectum within O157 : H7 microcolonies. The research confirms the value of using type III secreted proteins as vaccine candidates in cattle.

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