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Capsular Polysaccharide Interferes with Biofilm Formation by Pasteurella multocida Serogroup A.
mBio - 21 Nov 2017
Petruzzi Briana, Briggs Robert E, Tatum Fred M, Swords W Edward, De Castro Cristina, Molinaro Antonio, Inzana Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Pasteurella multocida is an important multihost animal and zoonotic pathogen that is capable of causing respiratory and multisystemic diseases, bacteremia, and bite wound infections. The glycosaminoglycan capsule of P. multocida is an essential virulence factor that protects the bacterium from host defenses. However, chronic infections (such as swine atrophic rhinitis and the carrier state in birds and other...
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