A stealth adhesion factor contributes to Vibrio vulnificus pathogenicity: Flp pili play roles in host invasion, survival in the blood stream and resistance to complement activation

• Tra-My Duong-Nu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tra-My Duong-Nu, Kwangjoon Jeong

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

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• Kwangjoon Jeong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tra-My Duong-Nu, Kwangjoon Jeong

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Vaxcell-Bio Therapeutics, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

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• Seol Hee Hong,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

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• Sao Puth,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Combinatorial Tumor Immunotherapy MRC, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

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• Soo Young Kim,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Current address: Vaxcell-Bio Therapeutics, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

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• Wenzhi Tan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0924-192X

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• Kwang Ho Lee,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Center for Research Facilities, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-8563

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• Shee Eun Lee ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: selee@chonnam.ac.kr (SEL); jhrhee@chonnam.ac.kr (JHR)

  Affiliations Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2023-3317

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• Joon Haeng Rhee

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: selee@chonnam.ac.kr (SEL); jhrhee@chonnam.ac.kr (JHR)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4018-3203

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