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

Bat-Erdene Jugder; Paula I Watnick

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.017

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

Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Feb 12;27(2):161-163. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.017.

Authors

Bat-Erdene Jugder¹, Paula I Watnick²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: paula.watnick@childrens.harvard.edu.

PMID: 32053783
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.017

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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MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Humans
Intestines
Vibrio cholerae*
Virulence
Virulence Factors

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Virulence Factors