Characterization of a novel chaperone/usher fimbrial operon present on KpGI-5, a methionine tRNA gene-associated genomic island in <it>Klebsiella pneumoniae</it>

Characterization of a novel chaperone/usher fimbrial operon present on KpGI-5, a methionine tRNA gene-associated genomic island in <it>Klebsiella pneumoniae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several strain-specific <it>Klebsiella pneumoniae</it> virulence determinants have been described, though these have almost exclusively been linked with hypervirulent liver abscess-associated strains. Through PCR interrog...

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Main Authors: van Aartsen Jon J, Stahlhut Steen G, Harrison Ewan M, Crosatti Marialuisa, Ou Hong-Yu, Krogfelt Karen A, Struve Carsten, Rajakumar Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/59

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