Yad fimbriae are triggered by host cues and enhance extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli tissue colonisation during bloodstream infection

• Chloe Ellison ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chloe Ellison, Curtis Cottam, Zheng Jie Lian

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Curtis Cottam ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chloe Ellison, Curtis Cottam, Zheng Jie Lian

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Zheng Jie Lian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chloe Ellison, Curtis Cottam, Zheng Jie Lian

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia

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• Tugce Onur,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane,‌‌ Queensland, Australia

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• Burhan A. Choudhry,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Yvette Yu Ting Ong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia

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• Minh-Duy Phan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia

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• Mark A. Schembri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.schembri@uq.edu.au (MAS); James.Connolly2@newcastle.ac.uk (JPRC)

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, ‌‌Queensland, Australia, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane,‌‌ Queensland, Australia

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• James P. R. Connolly

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

  * E-mail: m.schembri@uq.edu.au (MAS); James.Connolly2@newcastle.ac.uk (JPRC)

  Affiliation Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-3413

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