MicrobiologybioRxiv
Bacterial vampirism mediated through taxis to serum
S. J. Glenn, Z. Gentry-Lear, M. Shavlik…·A. Baylink
The paper identifies chemotaxis to human serum as a mechanism enabling Enterobacteriaceae to invade bloodstream infections, termed 'bacterial vampirism'.
DOI 10.7554/elife.93178