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Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Escherichia coli Strains Associated with Persistent and Transient Bovine Mastitis and the Role of Colanic Acid.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2018
Lippolis John D, Holman Devin B, Brunelle Brian W, Thacker Tyler C, Bearson Bradley L, Reinhardt Timothy A, Sacco Randy E, Casey Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is a leading cause of bacterial mastitis in dairy cattle. It is most often transient in nature, causing an infection that lasts 2 to 3 days. However, E. coli has been shown to cause a persistent infection in a minority of cases. Mechanisms that allow for a persistent E. coli infection are not fully understood. The goal of this work was to determine differences between E. coli strains originally...
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