Bacterial Linguistic and Social Communications - Vanessa Sperandio, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from e coli means Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 21 min 68 sec
✓ Published: 05-Dec-2011

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Bacterial Linguistic and Social CommunicationsnVanessa Sperandio, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenternnBacterial pathogens, such as enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serotype O157:H7 that is typical of the new “superbugs”, exploit cell-to-cell signaling between the microbial flora and the host as a means to gage and recognize the host environment. This inter-kingdom signaling is predicated upon hormonal communication, and utilizes the host epinephrine and/or norepinephrine stress