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Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli ΔtonB mutants are safe and protective live-attenuated vaccine candidates.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Oct 2014
Holden Karen M, Browning Glenn F, Noormohammadi Amir H, Markham Philip, Marenda Marc S
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Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) cause colibacillosis, a serious respiratory disease in poultry. Most APEC strains possess TonB-dependent outer membrane transporters for the siderophores salmochelin and aerobactin, which both contribute to their capacity to cause disease. To assess the potential of iron transport deficient mutants as vaccine candidates, the tonB gene was deleted in the APEC wild type...
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