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The major outer membrane protein OmpU of Vibrio splendidus contributes to host antimicrobial peptide resistance and is required for virulence in the oyster Crassostrea gigas.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Apr 2010
Duperthuy Marylise, Binesse Johan, Le Roux Frédérique, Romestand Bernard, Caro Audrey, Got Patrice, Givaudan Alain, Mazel Didier, Bachère Evelyne, Destoumieux-Garzón Delphine
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Vibrio splendidus, strain LGP32, is an oyster pathogen associated with the summer mortalities affecting the production of Crassostrea gigas oysters worldwide. Vibrio splendidus LGP32 was shown to resist to up to 10 microM Cg-Def defensin and Cg-BPI bactericidal permeability increasing protein, tw...
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