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Investigators at Huazhong Agricultural University zero in on life sciences
April 7th, 2009
"Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a zoonotic Gram-positive bacterium responsible for arthritis, meningitis, pneumonia and septicemia in swine and humans. Little information about the regulation of iron on its gene expression had been reported," scientists writing in the journal Fems Microbiology Letters report. "In this study, 63 S. suis genes upregulated under an iron-restricted condition were identified using selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCUTS) technique: 23 genes involved in metabolism, 22 genes responsible for the replication and genetic information proceeding of the bacteria, eight genes relative to the construction of the cell wall, five...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-07)
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