Roles of alpha-toxin and beta-toxin in virulence of Staphylococcus aureus for the mouse mammary gland
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Roles of alpha-toxin and beta-toxin in virulence of Staphylococcus aureus for the mouse mammary gland.
Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus which fail to express alpha-toxin (Hly), beta-toxin (Hlb), or both have been constructed by site-specific mutagenesis. The virulence of the mutants was compared with that of wild-type toxigenic strains by intramammary inoculation of lactating mice. A bovine strain, M60, and a laboratory strain, 8325-4, caused acute mastitis and death within 48 h for 60% of the m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.8.2489-2494.1989