Article
Beta-D-glucoside utilization by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC: possible involvement in the control of cytotoxicity towards bovine lung cells.
BMC microbiology - 17 Apr 2007
Vilei Edy M, Correia Ivone, Ferronha M Helena, Bischof Daniela F, Frey Joachim
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small-colony type (SC) is among the most serious threats for livestock producers in Africa. Glycerol metabolism-associated H2O2 production seems to play a crucial role in virulence of this mycoplasma. A wide number of attenuated strains of M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC are currently used in Africa as live vaccines....
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- Cell Line
- Cell Survival
- DNA, Bacterial
- Glucosidases
- Glucosides
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Lung
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycoplasma mycoides
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Sequence Analysis, DNA