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Reduced virulence of an fliC mutant of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O113:H21.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2006
Rogers Trisha J, Paton James C, Wang Hui, Talbot Ursula M, Paton Adrienne W
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The contribution of flagellin to the virulence of the O113:H21 Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strain 98NK2 was investigated in the streptomycin-treated mouse model. Groups of mice were challenged with either the wild-type STEC or a fliC deletion derivative thereof. There was no difference in the level of gut colonization by the two strains, but the fliC mutant was significantly less virulent than its...
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