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Pathogenicity in mice of Staphylococcus aureus mutants deficient in exoprotein synthesis.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Aug 1994
Odierno L, Risatti G, Calzolari A, Giraudo J A, González Quintana H, Nagel R
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Twelve mutants were isolated from a Staphylococcus aureus strain derived from bovine mastitis after mutagenesis by ultraviolet light. These mutants were found to be deficient for several characteristics such as production of most exoproteins and had altered phage type and/or colonial morphology in serum-soft agar medium. They also differed in virulence when assayed in mice by intraperitoneal administration; the...
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