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Bacteria, why do they make me sick?
Pathogenic bacteria
Pathogenic bacteria are those that can cause infections in humans or animals and have different virulence factors, which are:
| Proteins that contribute to the virulence of the bacteria over the eukar- yotic cell, which enables infection. |
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Interaction mechanisms with mammalian cells. |
Currently, it is known that evolution and spread of virulence factors, which are those that enable a bacterium to be harmful to the human body, are facilitated but the pathogenicity islands. These islands are one or more genes are related to virulence, and mobility genes, such as integrases or transposons.
PATHOGENICITY ISLANDS
Mobile genetic elements that contribute to spread and modify virulence, and they also mediate the movement of different genes that encode virulence factors.
