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See our new @plospathogens paper with the Hinton Lab @jay_salsa on the role of the MacAB-TolC efflux pump during infection by invasive #Salmonella isolates from Africa. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008763
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Whole genome analysis of all sequenced African #iNTS isolates by @yan_salsa @NWenner and @implosian identified several variants of MacAB associated with each lineage.
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We showed these MacAB variants change resistance to the antimicrobial peptide C18G and alter #Salmonella replication in macrophages.
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These MacAB variants also alter relative fitness during competitive infections in the gut and in systemic sites.
Thanks to Susan Brewer, Sky Brubaker, @knalsal, @LilianaMassis, and Phoom Chairatana for their help on this story! Thanks as well to @Eliza_coli for the graphical abstract.
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