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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2013 Dec 22;0:61–66. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.11.008

Table 1.

Cell tropism and vacuolar escape determinants of cytosolic bacteria.

Genus Gram +/− Cell tropism Vacuolar escape determinants, bacterial
Burkholderia Mφ, PMN, epithelial cells T3SSBSA
Shigella Mφ, DC, intestinal epithelial cells Mxi-Spa T3SS, IpaB
Francisella Mφ, PMN, DC, epithelial cells, hepatocytes IglC, MglA, FTT11103
Listeria + Mφ, intestinal epithelial LLO, phospholipase C
Rickettsia Vascular endothelial, Mφ Phospholipases, hemolysin
Mycobacterium Acid-fast + ESX-1 T7SS, ESAT-6