Production of Virulence-Related Proteins by Canadian Strains of Streptococcus suis Capsular Type 2

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-79

  Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a   Lebrun, Annie ^a   Wisselink, Henk ^b   Dubreuil, J Daniel ^a   Smith, Hilde ^b   Vecht, Uri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPF PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; HEMOLYSIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SUILYSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANADA; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; CATTLE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031607123     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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