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Genomic and Phenomic Study of Mammary Pathogenic Escherichia coli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Blum Shlomo E, Heller Elimelech D, Sela Shlomo, Elad Daniel, Edery Nir, Leitner Gabriel
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Escherichia coli is a major etiological agent of intra-mammary infections (IMI) in cows, leading to acute mastitis and causing great economic losses in dairy production worldwide. Particular strains cause persistent IMI, leading to recurrent mastitis. Virulence factors of mammary pathogenic E. coli (MPEC) involved pathogenesis of mastitis as well as those differentiating strains causing acute or persistent...
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