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A Caenorhabditis elegans model of Yersinia infection: biofilm formation on a biotic surface.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2003
Joshua G W P, Karlyshev A V, Smith M P, Isherwood K E, Titball R W, Wren B W
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To investigate Yersinia pathogenicity and the evolutionary divergence of the genus, the effect of pathogenic yersiniae on the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans was studied. Three strains of Yersinia pestis, including a strain lacking pMT1, caused blockage and death of C. elegans; one strain, lacking the haemin storage (hms) locus, caused no effect. Similarly, 15 strains of Yersinia enterocolitica caused no...
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