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Bordetella bronchiseptica expresses the fimbrial structural subunit gene fimA.

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Journal of Bacteriology, 01 Dec 1997, 179(24):7882-7885
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.179.24.7882-7885.1997 PMID: 9401052 PMCID: PMC179756

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The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorphisms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene for the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a BvgAS-dependent fashion.

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Bordetella bronchiseptica expresses the fimbrial structural subunit gene fimA.

J S Boschwitz, H G van der Heide, F R Mooi, and D A Relman
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The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorphisms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene for the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a BvgAS-dependent fashion.

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