Environmentally regulated genes of Streptococcus suis: Identification by the use of iron-restricted conditions in vitro and by experimental infection of piglets

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-280

  Smith, H E ^a   Buijs, H ^a   de Vries, R ^a   Wisselink, H J ^a   Stockhofe Zurwieden, N ^a   Smits, M A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In vivo expression; Iron restriction induced; Streptococcus suis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOSINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN; GUANINE; IRON; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

AGRA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035133755     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-2-271     Document Type: Article

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