Adherence Factor Expression in -Like Conditions.

The species are Gram-negative, facultative intracellular pathogens that invade the colonic epithelium and cause significant diarrheal disease. Despite extensive research on the pathogen, a comprehensive understanding of how initiates contact with epithelial cells remains unknown. maintains many of the same adherence gene operons; however, at least one critical gene component in each operon is currently annotated as a pseudogene in reference genomes.