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Chemotactic motility is required for invasion of the host by the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 1996
O'Toole R, Milton D L, Wolf-Watz H
Abstract excerpt
The role of the flagellum and motility in the virulence of the marine fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum was examined. Non-motile mutants were generated by transposon mutagenesis. Infectivity studies revealed that disruption of the flagellum and subsequent loss of motility correlated with an approximate 500-fold decrease in virulence when fish were inoculated by immersion in bacteria-containing water. However, the...
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