An iron-dependent mutant of Listeria monocytogenes of attenuated virulence.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07864.x

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An iron-dependent mutant of Listeria monocytogenes of attenuated virulence.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Nov 1995

Rouquette C, Bolla J M, Berche P

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A bank of Tn917-insertional mutants from the facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes was screened by an original method based on bacterial growth on synthetic medium under iron-limiting conditions. One mutant, whose in vitro growth in synthetic medium was specifically dependent...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Iron
Listeria monocytogenes
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phenotype
Virulence

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