Diversity and phage sensitivity to phages of porcine enterotoxigenic .

Enterotoxigenic (ETEC) is a diverse and poorly characterized pathotype that causes diarrhea in humans and animals. Phages have been proposed for the veterinary biocontrol of ETEC, but effective solutions require understanding of porcine ETEC diversity that affects phage infection. Here, we sequenced and analyzed the genomes of the PHAGEBio ETEC collection, gathering 79 diverse ETEC strains isolated from European pigs with post-weaning diarrhea (PWD).

Visualization of Germination Proteins in Putative Germinosomes.

can survive in the form of spores for prolonged periods posing a serious problem for the manufacture of safe shelf-stable foods of optimal quality. Our study aims at increasing knowledge of spores focusing primarily on germination mechanisms to develop novel milder food preservation strategies. Major features of spores are a core with the genetic material encased by multiple protective layers, an important one being the spores' inner membrane (IM), the location of many important germination proteins.