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SEF17 fimbriae are essential for the convoluted colonial morphology of Salmonella enteritidis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Aug 1997
Allen-Vercoe E, Dibb-Fuller M, Thorns C J, Woodward M J
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Salmonella enteritidis isolated from poultry infections generated a convoluted colonial morphology after 48 h growth on colonisation factor antigen (CFA) agar at 25 degrees C. A mutant S. enteritidis defective for the elaboration of the SEF17 fimbrial antigen, in which the agf gene cluster was inactivated by insertion of an ampicillin resistance gene cassette, and other wild-type S. enteritidis transduced to this...
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