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Role of the GapA and CrmA cytadhesins of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in promoting virulence and host colonization.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2013
Indiková Ivana, Much Peter, Stipkovits László, Siebert-Gulle Karin, Szostak Michael P, Rosengarten Renate, Citti Christine
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma gallisepticum is an important avian pathogen that commonly induces chronic respiratory disease in chicken. To better understand the mycoplasma factors involved in host colonization, chickens were infected via aerosol with two hemadsorption-negative (HA(-)) mutants, mHAD3 and RCL2, that were derived from a low passage of the pathogenic strain R (Rlow) and are both deficient in the two major cytadhesins...
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