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Authors’ contributions VJC, MV, EA, AV, JMR and FMC conceived the study. VJC and EA did all the cloning and genetics of this study. VJC and MV did the Q-PCR Glycogen branching enzyme experiments and analysis. VJC and JAG did complementation and reporter construct experiments. JMR and AV supported the research. VJC, MV, JMR and FMC wrote the manuscript. VJC, EA, MV, AV, JMR and FMC coordinated and critically revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.”
“Background Escherichia coli O157 (O157) have been implicated in several human outbreaks since their being established as foodborne pathogens in 1982; an estimated 63,153 illnesses, 2,138 hospitalizations and 20 deaths occur annually in the United States [1–4]. Human disease ranges from self-limiting watery diarrhea to debilitating bloody diarrhea that can advance into often fatal, extraintestinal, secondary sequelae in susceptible patients [3, 4]. Cattle are the primary reservoirs for O157, with their recto-anal junction (RAJ) serving as the colonization site at which these human foodborne pathogens persist [4, 5].