RpoN of the fish pathogen Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum is essential for flagellum production and virulence by the water-borne but not intraperitoneal route of inoculation

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3849-3859

  O'Toole, Ronan ^a   Milton, Debra L ^a   Hörstedt, Per ^a   Wolf Watz, Hans ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fish pathogen; Flagellum expression; Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum; Vibriosis; 54 (RpoN)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; IRON; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0031467412     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3849     Document Type: Article

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