Certhrax Is an Antivirulence Factor for the Anthrax-Like Organism Bacillus cereus Strain G9241

Bacillus cereus G9241 caused a life-threatening anthrax-like lung infection in a previously healthy human. This strain harbors two large virulence plasmids, pBCXO1 and pBC210, that are absent from typical B. cereus isolates. The pBCXO1 plasmid is nearly identical to pXO1 from Bacillus anthracis and...

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Published in:Infect Immun
Main Authors: Seldina, Yuliya I., Petro, Courtney D., Servetas, Stephanie L., Vergis, James M., Ventura, Christy L., Merrell, D. Scott, O'Brien, Alison D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Molecular Pathogenesis
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964515/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29610258
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00207-18
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