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Genes involved in yellow pigmentation of Cronobacter sakazakii ES5 and influence of pigmentation on persistence and growth under environmental stress.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Johler Sophia, Stephan Roger, Hartmann Isabel, Kuehner Kirsten A, Lehner Angelika
Abstract excerpt
Cronobacter spp. are opportunistic food-borne pathogens that are responsible for rare but highly fatal cases of meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates. While the operon responsible for yellow pigmentation in Cronobacter sakazakii strain ES5 was described recently, the involvement of additional genes in pigment expression and the influence of pigmentation on the fitness of Cronobacter spp. have not...
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