Plasmids

DNA sequencing of a pathogenicity-related plasmid of an avian septicemic Escherichia coli strain

E. G. Stehling, Campos, T. A., Azevedo, V., Brocchi, M., and Silveira, W. D., DNA sequencing of a pathogenicity-related plasmid of an avian septicemic Escherichia coli strain, vol. 6, pp. 331-337, 2007.

A 43-MDa conjugative plasmid isolated from an avian septicemic Escherichia coli (APEC) strain possessing genes related to the adhesion and invasion capacities of in vitro-cultured cells was sequenced. The results demonstrated that the 43-MDa plasmid harbors bacterial pathogenicity-related sequences which probably allow the wild-type pathogenic strain to adhere to and invade tissues and to cause septicemia in poultry.

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