Spontaneous excision of the O-polysaccharide wbkA glycosyltranferase gene is a cause of dissociation of smooth to rough Brucella colonies
The brucellae are Gram-negative pathogens that cause brucellosis, a zoonosis of worldwide importance. The genus Brucella includes smooth and rough species that differ in that they carry smooth and rough lipopolysaccharides, respectively. Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis are typical smoot...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | eng |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013
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| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29513 |