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Genomic variations leading to alterations in cell morphology of Campylobacter spp.
Scientific reports - 2 Dec 2016
Esson Diane, Mather Alison E, Scanlan Eoin, Gupta Srishti, de Vries Stefan P W, Bailey David, Harris Simon R, McKinley Trevelyan J, Méric Guillaume, Berry Sophia K, Mastroeni Pietro, Sheppard Samuel K, Christie Graham, Thomson Nicholas R, Parkhill Julian, Maskell Duncan J, Grant Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni, the most common cause of bacterial diarrhoeal disease, is normally helical. However, it can also adopt straight rod, elongated helical and coccoid forms. Studying how helical morphology is generated, and how it switches between its different forms, is an important objective for understanding this pathogen. Here, we aimed to determine the genetic factors involved in generating the helical...
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