Fusobacterium equinum possesses a leukotoxin gene and exhibits leukotoxin activity

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Tadepalli, Sambasivarao ^a   Stewart, George C ^b   Nagaraja, T G ^a   Jang, Spencer S ^c   Narayanan, Sanjeev K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine PMNs; Fusobacterium equinum; Leukotoxic activity; Leukotoxin gene

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM EQUINUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER ABSCESS; LKTA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEUKOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; FUSOBACTERIUM EQUINUM; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 37249042265     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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