Inhibition of growth by erythritol catabolism in Brucella abortus
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The genes for erythritol catabolism are organized as an inducible operon in Brucella abortus.
Erythritol utilization is a characteristic of pathogenic Brucella abortus strains. The attenuated vaccine strain B19 is the only Brucella strain that is inhibited by erythritol, so a role for erythritol metabolism in virulence is suspected. A chromosomal fragment from the pathogenic strain B. abortus 2308 containing genes for the utilization of erythritol was cloned taking advantage of an eryth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.124.1.391-397.1975