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A genetically-defined riboflavin auxotroph of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae as a live attenuated vaccine.
Vaccine - 15 Jun 2000
Fuller T E, Thacker B J, Duran C O, Mulks M H
Abstract excerpt
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is a gram negative pleiomorphic rod that is the causative agent of a severe, highly infectious and often fatal pleuropneumonia in swine. We have previously reported the construction of genetically-defined stable riboflavin auxotrophs by replacement of a portion of the APP riboflavin biosynthetic operon (ribGBAH) with an antibiotic cassette encoding resistance to kanamycin, and have...
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