Vibrio cholerae Sheds Its Coat to Make Itself Comfortable in the Gut.

Jugder, Bat-Erdene, and Paula I Watnick. 2020. “Vibrio Cholerae Sheds Its Coat to Make Itself Comfortable in the Gut.”. Cell Host & Microbe 27 (2): 161-63.

Abstract

Invertebrates molt, furry mammals shed, and human skin exfoliates. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Zingl et al. describe a virulence mechanism in which the bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae jettisons outer membrane proteins and lipids in vesicles as it enters the mammalian intestine.

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