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PinR mediates the generation of reversible population diversity in Streptococcus zooepidemicus.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2015
Steward Karen F, Harrison Tihana, Robinson Carl, Slater Josh, Maskell Duncan J, Harris Simon R, Holden Matthew T G, Waller Andrew S
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Opportunistic pathogens must adapt to and survive in a wide range of complex ecosystems. Streptococcus zooepidemicus is an opportunistic pathogen of horses and many other animals, including humans. The assembly of different surface architecture phenotypes from one genotype is likely to be crucial to the successful exploitation of such an opportunistic lifestyle. Construction of a series of mutants revealed that a...
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