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  "id": 14859385,
  "title": "Surface sensing and metabolic signals drive feedback regulation of long polar fimbriae in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/surface-sensing-and-metabolic-signals-drive-feedback-regulation-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.14.759193v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bacterial colonization requires coordinated regulation of adhesion structures in response to environmental conditions. While metabolic regulation of adhesin expression is well established, how surface sensing contributes to this regulation remains less understood. Here, we investigated the regulation and function of long polar fimbriae (Lpf) in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157. We show…",
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      {
        "outlet": "bioRxiv",
        "title": "Does specific membrane surface area constrain Escherichia coli energy spillage and therefore aerobic and anaerobic growth rates?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/does-specific-membrane-surface-area-constrain-escherichia-coli-energy",
        "published": "2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}