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Host cell invasion and intracellular residence by Aeromonas salmonicida: role of the S-layer.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Jul 2000
Garduño R A, Moore A R, Olivier G, Lizama A L, Garduño E, Kay W W
Abstract excerpt
Virulent strains of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida, which have surface S-layers (S+), efficiently adhere to, enter, and survive within macrophages. Here we report that S+ bacteria were 10- to 20-fold more adherent to non-phagocytic fish cell lines than S-layer-negative (S-) mutants. When reconstituted with exogenous S-layers, these S- mutants regained adherence. As well, latex beads coated with purified...
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