Melanin Produced by Bordetella parapertussis Confers a Survival Advantage to the Bacterium during Host Infection

Bordetella parapertussis causes respiratory infection in humans, with a mild pertussis (whooping cough)-like disease. The organism produces a brown pigment, the nature and biological significance of which have not been elucidated. Here, by screening a transposon library, we demonstrate that the gene...

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Autores principales: Hiramatsu, Yukihiro, Nishida, Takashi, Nugraha, Dendi Krisna, Sugihara, Fuminori, Horiguchi, Yasuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34643424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00819-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34643424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00819-21

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