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Isolation and molecular characterization of a urease-negative Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae mutant.

Journal:
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc
Year:
2018
Authors:
Ito, Hiroya et al.
Affiliation:
The National Institute of Animal Health · Japan

Abstract

An atypical urease-negative mutant of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 2 was isolated in Japan. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the urease gene cluster revealed that the insertion of a short DNA sequence into the cbiM gene was responsible for the urease-negative activity of the mutant. Veterinary diagnostic laboratories should be watchful for the presence of aberrant urease-negative A. pleuropneumoniae isolates.

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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29145759/