Type III secretion system genes in clinical Aeromonas isolates

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Chacón, MR
Soler, L
Groisman, EA
Guarro, J
Figueras, MJ
机构
[1] Univ Rovira & Virgili, Fac Med & Ciencies Salut, Dept Ciencies Med Basiques, Reus 43201, Spain
[2] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Microbiol, Howard Hughes Med Inst, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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10.1128/JCM.42.3.1285-1287.2004
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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We have identified the genes ascF and aseG, which encode components of a putative type III secretion system (TTSS) in Aeromonas. We investigated the distribution of these and other TTSS genes in 84 clinical isolates and found hybridizing sequences in 50% of the strains, with a higher prevalence in Aeromonas hydrophild and Aeromonas veronii than in Aeromonas caviae.
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