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A riboflavin auxotroph of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is attenuated in swine.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1996
Fuller T E, Thacker B J, Mulks M H
Abstract excerpt
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the etiological agent of a highly contagious and often fatal pleuropneumonia in swine. A riboflavin-requiring mutant of A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 1, designated AP233, was constructed by deleting a portion of the riboflavin biosynthetic operon (ribGBAH) and replacing it with a gene cassette encoding kanamycin resistance. The genes affected included both the alpha- and...
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