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Flagella and curli fimbriae are important for the growth of Salmonella enterica serovars in hen eggs.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2004
Cogan T A, Jørgensen F, Lappin-Scott H M, Benson C E, Woodward M J, Humphrey T J
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is unable to multiply in the albumen of fresh eggs and must gain access to the yolk contents in order to multiply to a high level (>10(6) c.f.u. per ml egg contents). As human Salmonella infections resulting from the consumption of infected eggs more frequently involve serovar Enteritidis phage type (PT) 4 than other serovars or PTs, a number of isolates of various S....
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