Retraction to: Bai et al. Gut Pathog (2020) 12:22

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-020-00361-w.

The editors have retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding similarities of western blots, fluorescence images and flow cytometry plots presented in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 with other papers that were either published earlier or under consideration within a similar time frame [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Additionally, some of the flow cytometry plots appear to be duplicated in Figs. 6 and 9, and a number of western blots appear highly similar in Figs. 3, 5 and 7.

The authors have confirmed that incorrect images were used in this article, and the raw data are no longer available.

The editors therefore no longer have confidence in the presented data.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction notice.