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Lack of a surface layer in Tannerella forsythia mutants deficient in the type IX secretion system.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Oct 2014
Narita Yuka, Sato Keiko, Yukitake Hideharu, Shoji Mikio, Nakane Daisuke, Nagano Keiji, Yoshimura Fuminobu, Naito Mariko, Nakayama Koji
Abstract excerpt
Tannerella forsythia, a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is an important pathogen in periodontal disease. This bacterium possesses genes encoding all known components of the type IX secretion system (T9SS). T. forsythia mutants deficient in genes orthologous to the T9SS-encoding genes porK, porT and sov were constructed. All porK, porT and sov single mutants lacked the surface layer (S-layer) and expressed...
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