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Sigma E regulators control hemolytic activity and virulence in a shrimp pathogenic Vibrio harveyi.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rattanama Pimonsri, Thompson Janelle R, Kongkerd Natthawan, Srinitiwarawong Kanchana, Vuddhakul Varaporn, Mekalanos John J
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Vibrio are important marine and aquaculture pathogens. Hemolytic activity has been identified as a virulence factor in many pathogenic vibrios including V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, V. harveyi and V. vulnificus. We have used transposon mutagenesis to identify genes involved in the hemolytic activity of shrimp-pathogenic V. harveyi strain PSU3316. Out of 1,764 mutants...
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