Molecular Koch's postulates applied to microbial pathogenicity.

doi:10.1093/cid/10.supplement_2.s274

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Molecular Koch's postulates applied to microbial pathogenicity.

Reviews of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000

Falkow S

Abstract excerpt

Microbial genetics and molecular cloning now permit us to routinely isolate specific genes from a variety of microbial pathogens. Obviously not all genes from pathogenic microorganisms play a role in pathogenicity or virulence. Just as Koch's postulates were formulated to identify the causal rela...

Topics

Animals
Bacteria
Cloning, Molecular
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Mutation
Virulence

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