The variant rpoS allele of S. enteritidis strain 27655R does not affect virulence in a chick model nor constitutive curliation but does generate a cold-sensitive phenotype

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-253

  Allen Vercoe, Emma ^a,b   Collighan, Russell ^a   Woodward, Martin J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cold sensitivity; RpoS; Salmonella enteritidis; SEF17 curli fimbriae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COLD SENSITIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHICKENS; COLD; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0031725637     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00396-6     Document Type: Article

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