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DegS is necessary for virulence and is among extraintestinal Escherichia coli genes induced in murine peritonitis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2003
Redford Peter, Roesch Paula L, Welch Rodney A
Abstract excerpt
Extraintestinal Escherichia coli strains cause meningitis, sepsis, urinary tract infection, and other infections outside the bowel. We examined here extraintestinal E. coli strain CFT073 by differential fluorescence induction. Pools of CFT073 clones carrying a CFT073 genomic fragment library in a promoterless gfp vector were inoculated intraperitoneally into mice; bacteria were recovered by lavage 6 h later and...
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