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Identification of the aspartate-beta-semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene of Legionella pneumophila and characterization of a null mutant.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1998
Harb O S, Abu Kwaik Y
Abstract excerpt
The ability of Legionella pneumophila to cause Legionnaires' disease is dependent on its capacity to survive in the intracellular environment of its host cells. Furthermore, outbreaks of this disease have been associated with contaminated water sources where L. pneumophila survives as a parasite of protozoa. In this study, we determined the effect of nutritional auxotrophy on the ability of L. pneumophila to...
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