Research Article

Invasion of Epithelial Cells Is Correlated with Secretion of Biosurfactant via the Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS) of Shigella flexneri

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PCA of Shigella strains based on emulsification index (EI24). Pae: P. aeruginosa used as positive control; S. flex: S. flexneri M90T; S. flex-: S. flexneri spa40 mutant; Sboy: S. boydii; Sso: S. sonnei; Ssp 1, 2: Shigella sp. from clinical strains; SE1 to SE30: Shigella sp. from environmental strains.