Streptococcus iniae: serological differences, presence of capsule and resistance to immune serum killing
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Streptococcus iniae capsule impairs phagocytic clearance and contributes to virulence in fish.
Surface capsular polysaccharides play a critical role in protecting several pathogenic microbes against innate host defenses during infection. Little is known about virulence mechanisms of the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae, though indirect evidence suggests that capsule could represent an important factor. The putative S. iniae capsule operon contains a homologue of the cpsD gene, which is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0177-5103,1616-1580
DOI: 10.3354/dao053241