MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF THE OVINE FOOTROT PATHOGEN DICHELOBACTER-NODOSUS

Authors
ROOD JI BILLINGTON SJ JOHNSTON JL
Citation
Ji. Rood et al., MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF THE OVINE FOOTROT PATHOGEN DICHELOBACTER-NODOSUS, Reviews in medical micro-biology, 8, 1997, pp. 31-33
Citations number
10
Journal title
Reviews in medical micro-biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954139X
Volume
8
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
1
Pages
31 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-139X(1997)8:<31:MPOTOF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The major virulence factors of Dichelobacter nodosus that are implicat ed in ovine footrot are type IV fimbriae and extracellular proteases. In addition, virulent isolates are more likely to contain the 27 kb vr l region and, to a lesser extent, one or more copies of the vap region .