Role of bacterial Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase in oxidative stress responses, nasopharyngeal colonization, and sustained bacteremia caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b.

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Haemophilus influenzae type b, a causative agent of bacterial sepsis and meningitis in young children, contains a single superoxide dismutase (SOD), a cytoplasmic MnSOD. To study the role of this enzyme, a chromosomal sodA::lacZ mutant (M-2) was constructed. M-2 had an increased sensitivity towards oxygen and the redox-active agent paraquat. A 3.4-fold increase in sodA-lacZ expression was found in M-2 grown with...

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