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Roles of lipooligosaccharide and capsular polysaccharide in antimicrobial resistance and natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2009
Jeon Byeonghwa, Muraoka Wayne, Scupham Alexandra, Zhang Qijing
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OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to determine the role of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) and lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in modulating antimicrobial resistance and natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni, an important food-borne human pathogen. METHODS: A series of C. jejuni mutants, which are defective in either CPS or LOS or both, were constructed. The antimicrobial susceptibility, bacterial surface...
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