Non-pathogenic Escherichia coli acquires virulence by mutating a growth-essential LPS transporter

• Chikara Kaito ,

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

  * E-mail: ckaito@okayama-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-3386

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• Hirono Yoshikai,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ai Wakamatsu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Atsushi Miyashita,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9076-0569

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• Yasuhiko Matsumoto,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tomoko Fujiyuki,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5533-4129

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• Masaru Kato,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Devision of Bioanalytical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Showa University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshitoshi Ogura,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4509-2653

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• Tetsuya Hayashi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Takao Isogai,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Translational Research Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1970-4556

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• Kazuhisa Sekimizu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Mycology, Teikyo University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

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