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Phase variable expression of capsular polysaccharide modifications allows Campylobacter jejuni to avoid bacteriophage infection in chickens.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Holst Sørensen Martine C, van Alphen Lieke B, Fodor Christopher, Crowley Shauna M, Christensen Bjarke Bak, Szymanski Christine M, Brøndsted Lone
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriophages are estimated to be the most abundant entities on earth and can be found in every niche where their bacterial hosts reside. The initial interaction between phages and Campylobacter jejuni, a common colonizer of poultry intestines and a major source of foodborne bacterial gastroenteritis in humans, is not well understood. Recently, we isolated and characterized a phage F336 resistant variant of C....
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