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Investigation of putative invasion determinants of Actinobacillus species using comparative genomics.
Genomics - 1 Jan 2019
Bujold Adina R, Shure Andrew E, Liu Rui, Kropinski Andrew M, MacInnes Janet I
Abstract excerpt
Actinobacillus spp. are Gram-negative bacteria associated with mucosal membranes. While some are commensals, others can cause important human and animal diseases. A. pleuropneumoniae causes severe fibrinous hemorrhagic pneumonia in swine but not systemic disease whereas other species invade resulting in septicemia and death. To understand the invasive phenotype of Actinobacillus spp., complete genomes of eight...
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