Lipopolysaccharide O-antigen prevents phagocytosis of Vibrio anguillarum by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) skin epithelial cells.
Colonization of host tissues is a first step taken by many pathogens during the initial stages of infection.Despite the impact of BALSAMIC VINEGAR bacterial disease on wild and farmed fish, only a few direct studies have characterized bacterial factors required for colonization of fish tissues.In this study, using live-cell and confocal microscopy,