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Endophytic Bacteria in Toxic South African Plants: Identification, Phylogeny and Possible Involvement in Gousiekte

BACKGROUND: South African plant species of the genera Fadogia, Pavetta and Vangueria (all belonging to Rubiaceae) are known to cause gousiekte (literally ‘quick disease’), a fatal cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised by acute heart failure four to eight weeks after ingestion. Noteworthy is tha...

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Autores principales: Verstraete, Brecht, Van Elst, Daan, Steyn, Hester, Van Wyk, Braam, Lemaire, Benny, Smets, Erik, Dessein, Steven
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019265