The type II secretion system is essential for erythrocyte lysis and gut colonization by the leech digestive tract symbiont aeromonas veronii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 597-603

  Maltz, Michele ^a   Graf, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS VERONII; AGAR PLATES; COMPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INNER MEMBRANES; PARENT STRAIN; PROMOTER REGION; SECRETION SYSTEMS; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTES; TYPE II;

ASSAYS; DEFECTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; LEECH; LYSIS; SHEEP; SYMBIONT; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; LEECH; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYSIS; LEECHES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SYMBIOSIS;

AEROMONAS VERONII; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HIRUDO VERBANA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551498119     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01621-10     Document Type: Article

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