Characteristics and pathogenicity of non-melibiose-fermenting strains of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O3

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Nagano, Tetsuji ^a   Ichimura, Kazuhisa ^b   Haji, Norihiko ^b   Nagao, Kazuya ^b   Someya, Kazuhiko ^b   Kiyohara, Tomoko ^b   Suzuki, Kiyomi ^b   Tsubokura, Misao ^b   Otsuki, Koichi ^a,b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalase; Melibiose; Non pathogenicity; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; MELIBIOSE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030980562     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01188.x     Document Type: Article

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