Title
Debbie Ramsey - Taking Care of Business: Secretion of Virulence Factors by Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Description
Bacteria are used to living in a corporate setting. To survive in the dog-eat-dog world of a host, they must develop defensive strategies that will position them to take over the host corporation. Many of these defensive strategies involve secretion of proteins. Gram negative bacteria have six types of secretion systems that employ different mechanisms to push proteins outside of the cell. Dr. Ramsey discusses how Klebsiella pneumoniae utilizes secretion systems to colonize the lungs and cause pneumonia.
Publication Date
3-20-2008
Keywords
E.O. Grundset, Lecture, Debbie Ramsey, Pneumoniae
Disciplines
Biology
Recommended Citation
Southern Adventist University, "Debbie Ramsey - Taking Care of Business: Secretion of Virulence Factors by Klebsiella pneumoniae" (2008). E.O. Grundset Lecture Series. 102.
https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/grundset/102