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Streptococcus iniae Capsule Impairs Phagocytic Clearance and Contributes to Virulence in Fish
14 Nov 2006
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Surface capsular polysaccharides play a critical role in protecting several pathogenic microbes against innate host defenses during infection. Little is known about virulence mechanisms of the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae, though indirect evidence suggests that capsule could represent an important factor. The putative S. iniae capsule operon contains a homologue of the cpsD gene, which is required for...
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