The genome of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the causative agent of swine erysipelas, reveals new insights into the evolution of Firmicutes and the organism's intracellular adaptations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2959-2971

  Ogawa, Yohsuke ^a   Ooka, Tadasuke ^b   Shi, Fang ^a   Ogura, Yoshitoshi ^c   Nakayama, Keisuke ^b   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^b,c   Shimoji, Yoshihiro ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DEXTRO ALANINE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; RNA 16S; TEICHOIC ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAGOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE ERYSIPELAS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL WALL; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; SWINE ERYSIPELAS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FIRMICUTES; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; POSIBACTERIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79958052441     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01500-10     Document Type: Article

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