The yctCBA operon of Yersinia ruckeri, involved in in vivo citrate uptake, is not required for virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1107-1110

  Navais, Roberto ^a   Méndez, Jessica ^a   Reimundo, Pilar ^a   Pérez Pascual, David ^a   Gómez, Esther ^a   Guijarro, José A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING;

CITRATE TRANSPORTERS; GROWTH REDUCTION; HIGH-CONTENT; IN-VIVO; RAINBOW TROUT; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; GLUCOSE; PATHOGEN; SALMONID; SERUM; VIRULENCE;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 79551489423     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01808-10     Document Type: Article

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