Loss of capsule among Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine endocarditis and its biological significance

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1669-1676

  Lakkitjaroen, Nattakan ^a   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^b,c   Okura, Masatoshi ^b   Sato, Masumi ^b   Osaki, Makoto ^b   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULE POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80054748055     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.034686-0     Document Type: Article

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