Polysaccharide capsule and suilysin contribute to extracellular survival of Streptococcus suis co-cultivated with primary porcine phagocytes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Benga, Laurentiu ^a   Fulde, Marcus ^a   Neis, Christina ^a   Goethe, Ralph ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsule; Phagocytosis; Streptococcus suis; Suilysin

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL KILLING; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS;

EID: 51649090331     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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