Relative survival of wild-type B. anthracis Sterne (WT) and either ΔhtrA or ΔyceGH after being mixed at a 1:1 ratio and injected into each larva. Assays were repeated three independent times.
Shiga toxin is the major virulence factor of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), and the gene encoding it is carried within the genome of Shiga toxin-converting phages (Stx phages). Numerous St