Publications by authors named "Tyrell Conway"
Article Synopsis
- The bovine gastrointestinal tract serves as a major reservoir for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), which poses a risk for food-borne infections, and understanding its nutrient preferences could help reduce its presence in cattle.
- Research identified low glucose levels and quantified six specific carbohydrates in the bovine small intestine, which EHEC can utilize for growth, showing EHEC’s competitive edge over other bacteria.
- Mutations in EHEC genes responsible for breaking down these carbohydrates demonstrated that certain sugars provided significant growth advantages, highlighting their role in EHEC’s survival in the bovine gut.
Escherichia coli isolates (72 commensal and 10 O157:H7 isolates) were compared with regard to physiological and growth parameters related to their ability to survive and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and found to be similar. We propose that nonhuman hosts in E. coli O157:H7 strains function similarly to other E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this chapter we review the literature with respect to what is known about how Escherichia coli colonizesthe mammalian intestine. We begin with a brief discussion of the mammalian large intestine, the major site that commensal strains of E. coli colonize.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF