Altered colonizing ability for the ceca of broiler chicks by lipopolysaccharide-deficient mutants of Salmonella typhimurium.

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Altered colonizing ability for the ceca of broiler chicks by lipopolysaccharide-deficient mutants of Salmonella typhimurium.

Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000

Craven S E

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Salmonella typhimurium strain 3333/O was used to assess the role of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in intestinal colonization of broiler chicks by salmonellae. LPS-defective TnPhoA mutants of this strain were isolated. The sensitivities of the mutants to smooth and rough phages and LPS bandin...

Topics

Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Cecum
Chickens
In Vitro Techniques
Lipopolysaccharides
Mucus
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Virulence

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