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The Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium lpf, bcf, stb, stc, std, and sth fimbrial operons are required for intestinal persistence in mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2005
Weening Eric H, Barker Jared D, Laarakker Marijke C, Humphries Andrea D, Tsolis Renée M, Bäumler Andreas J
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium causes human infections that can frequently be traced back through the food chain to healthy livestock whose intestine is colonized by the pathogen. Little is known about the genes important for intestinal carriage of S. enterica serotype Typhimurium in vertebrate animals. Here we characterized the role of 10 fimbrial operons, agf, fim, lpf, pef, bcf, stb, stc, std, stf,...
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