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Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi C carries an inactive shufflon.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2004
Tam Connie K P, Hackett Jim, Morris Christina
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi uses type IVB pili to facilitate bacterial self-association, but only when the PilV proteins (potential minor pilus proteins) are not synthesized. This pilus-mediated event may be important in typhoid fever pathogenesis. We initially show that S. enterica serovar Paratyphi C strains harbor a pil operon very similar to that of serovar Typhi. An important difference, however, is...
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