5.1.3.7 | medicine |
mutant deficient for gne shows increased surface hydrophobicity, produces deep alterations in the outer membrane architecture, and displays noticeable increases in the sensitivity to microcidal peptides, to eel and human sera, and to phagocytosis/opsonophagocytosis. Significant attenuation of virulence for eels and mice is observed with the mutant, which is correlated with the loss of the O-antigen lipopolysaccharide, while the capsule is maintained |
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