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A naturally occurring nucleotide polymorphism in the orf2/folc promoter is associated with Streptococcus suis virulence.
BMC microbiology - 12 Nov 2014
de Greeff Astrid, Buys Herma, Wells Jerry M, Smith Hilde E
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BACKGROUND: Streptococcus suis is a major problem in the swine industry causing meningitis, arthritis and pericarditis in piglets. Pathogenesis of S. suis is poorly understood. We previously showed that introduction of a 3 kb genomic fragment from virulent serotype 2 strain 10 into a weakly virulent serotype 2 strain S735, generated a hypervirulent isolate. The 3 kb genomic fragment contained two complete open...
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