Molecular pathogenesis of the ovine footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

Julian I. Rood; Stephen J. Billington; Joanne L. Johnston

Molecular pathogenesis of the ovine footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

Julian I. Rood, Stephen J. Billington, Joanne L. Johnston

Microbiology

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Abstract

The major virulence factors of Dichelobacter nodosus that are implicated in ovine footrot are type IV fimbriae and extracellular proteases. In addition, virulent isolates are more likely to contain the 27 kb vrl region and, to a lesser extent, one or more copies of the vap region.

Original language	English
Journal	Reviews in Medical Microbiology
Volume	8
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1997

Keywords

Biogenesis
Fimbriae
Pili
Proteases
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Vap
Vrl

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Molecular pathogenesis of the ovine footrot pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

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