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Streptococcus equi bacteriophage SeP9 binds to group C carbohydrate but is not infective for the closely related S. zooepidemicus.
- Source :
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Veterinary microbiology [Vet Microbiol] 2009 Mar 30; Vol. 135 (3-4), pp. 304-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Sep 23. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Streptococcus equi (S. equi subsp. equi) is widely believed to have evolved from an ancestral strain of S. zooepidemicus (S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus) based on high sequence homology. A striking difference is the absence of phage sequences from S. zooepidemicus. In this study we show that the receptor for SeP9, a temperate bacteriophage of S. equi, is the Lancefield group C carbohydrate. However, although SeP9 binds to group C carbohydrate from S. zooepidemicus, it appears not to replicate and produce plaques.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Carbohydrates physiology
Cell Wall virology
Horses
Lysogeny
Receptors, Virus physiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Streptococcus isolation & purification
Streptococcus virology
Streptococcus Phages genetics
Streptococcus Phages isolation & purification
Virus Replication
Horse Diseases microbiology
Streptococcal Infections veterinary
Streptococcus Phages physiology
Streptococcus equi virology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0378-1135
- Volume :
- 135
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18986779
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.064