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Peritrophic matrix-degrading proteins are dispensable virulence factors in a virulent Melissococcus plutonius strain

European foulbrood (EFB) caused by Melissococcus plutonius is a major bacterial disease of honey bees. Strains of the causative agent exhibit genetic heterogeneity, and the degree of virulence varies among strains. In bee larvae orally infected with the highly virulent strains, ingested bacterial ce...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Keiko, Okumura, Kayo, Harada, Mariko, Okamoto, Mariko, Okura, Masatoshi, Takamatsu, Daisuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33888837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88302-8