Identification of Salmonella typhimurium genes required for colonization of the chicken alimentary tract and for virulence in newly hatched chicks.

doi:10.1128/IAI.66.5.2099-2106.1998

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Identification of Salmonella typhimurium genes required for colonization of the chicken alimentary tract and for virulence in newly hatched chicks.

Infection and immunity - 1 May 1998

Turner A K, Lovell M A, Hulme S D, Zhang-Barber L, Barrow P A

Abstract excerpt

From a collection of 2,800 Tn5-TC1 transposon mutants of Salmonella typhimurium F98, 18 that showed reduced intestinal colonization of 3-week-old chicks were identified. The sites of transposon insertion were determined for most of the mutants and included insertions in the lipopolysaccharide bio...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Transposable Elements
Genes, Bacterial
Intestines
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Virulence

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