1. Biofilm formation by virulent and non-virulent strains of Haemophilus parasuis
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Vincent Deslandes, Kate J. Howell, Yannick D. N. Tremblay, Mario Jacques, Josée Labrie, Duncan J. Maskell, Alexander W. Tucker, Bernardo Bello-Orti, and Virginia Aragon
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Haemophilus Infections ,Swine ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Virulence ,Microbiology ,Haemophilus parasuis ,Haemophilus ,Bacteriology ,Animals ,Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae ,Swine Diseases ,Microscopy, Confocal ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Strain (chemistry) ,Research ,Biofilm ,Biofilm matrix ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,veterinary(all) ,Virology ,Trachea ,Biofilms ,Bacteria - Abstract
Haemophilus parasuis is a commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract of healthy pigs. It is also the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease, a systemic disease characterized by polyarthritis, fibrinous polyserositis and meningitis, which causes high morbidity and mortality in piglets. The aim of this study was to evaluate biofilm formation by well-characterized virulent and non-virulent strains of H. parasuis. We observed that non-virulent strains isolated from the nasal cavities of healthy pigs formed significantly (p
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- 2014
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