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Salmonella enterica virulence genes are required for bacterial attachment to plant tissue.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Barak Jeri D, Gorski Lisa, Naraghi-Arani Pejman, Charkowski Amy O
Abstract excerpt
Numerous Salmonella enterica food-borne illness outbreaks have been associated with contaminated vegetables, in particular sprouted seeds, and the incidence of reported contamination has steadily risen. In order to understand the physiology of S. enterica serovar Newport on plants, a screen was developed to identify transposon mutants that were defective in attachment to alfalfa sprouts. Twenty independent...
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