Virulence regions and virulence factors of the ovine footrot pathogen, Dichelobacter nodosus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Billington, Stephen J ^a,b   Johnston, Joanne L ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichelobacter nodosus; Fimbria; Footrot; Protease; Vap region; Virulence; Vrl region

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FIMBRIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030561175     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00379-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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