Inactivation of two haemolytic toxin genes in Aeromonas hydrophila attenuates virulence in a suckling mouse model

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-298

  Wong, Christopher Y F ^a,c   Heuzenroeder, Michael W ^b   Flower, Robert L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerolysin; Aeromonas hydrophila; Haemolysin; Suckling mouse model; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COSMID; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUCKLING;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUBALUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031889115     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-291     Document Type: Article

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