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ArticleCell host & microbe2018

Tracking Vibrio cholerae Cell-Cell Interactions during Infection Reveals Bacterial Population Dynamics within Intestinal Microenvironments.

Yang Fu, Brian T Ho, John J Mekalanos

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang FuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Brian T HoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
John J MekalanosDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: john_mekalanos@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Genetic analysis of toxinogenesis of Vibrio choleraeR37AI018045 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI John Joseph Mekalanos · 1989 to 2026
$12.8M
Genetic Analysis of Toxinogenesis in Vibrio CholeraeR01AI018045 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MEKALANOS, JOHN JOSEPH · 2009 to 2018
$6.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI018045NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI018045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the diarrheal disease cholera. Although many V. cholerae virulence factors have been studied, the role of interbacterial interactions within the host gut and their influence on colonization are poorly understood. Here, we utilized the conjugative properties of a Vibrio-specific plasmid to serve as a quantifiable genetic marker for direct contact among V. cholerae cells in the infant rabbit model for cholera. In conjunction, we also quantified contact-dependent type 6 secretion system (T6SS)-mediated killing of co-infecting V. cholerae strains. Tracking these interbacterial interactions revealed that most contact-dependent cell-cell interactions among V. cholerae occur in specific intestinal microenvironments, notably the distal small intestine and cecum, and that the T6SS confers a competitive advantage within the middle small intestine. These results support a model for V. cholerae gut colonization, which includes microenvironments where critical microbial-host and bacterial-bacterial interactions occur to facilitate colonization by this pathogen.

Indexed as

Vibrio choleraeAnimalsCholeraConjugation, GeneticHost-Pathogen InteractionsIntestinesPlasmidsRabbitsType VI Secretion SystemsType VI Secretion Systemscell-cell interactionsconjugationhorizontal gene transferintestinal colonizationin vivoT6SSVibrio cholerae

Identifiers

PMID29398650
PMCPMC6031135
OpenAlexW2787838266

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