Cytotoxic and Pathogenic Properties of Klebsiella oxytoca Isolated from Laboratory Animals

Klebsiella oxytoca is an opportunistic pathogen implicated in various clinical diseases in animals and humans. Studies suggest that in humans K. oxytoca exerts its pathogenicity in part through a cytotoxin. However, cytotoxin production in animal isolates of K. oxytoca and its pathogenic properties...

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Main Authors: Darby, Alison (Contributor), Lertpiriyapong, Kvin (Contributor), Sarkar, Ujjal (Contributor), Seneviratne, Uthpala I. (Contributor), Park, Danny S. (Author), Gamazon, Eric R. (Author), Batchelder, Chara (Contributor), Cheung, Cheryl (Contributor), Buckley, Ellen Marie (Contributor), Taylor, Nancy S. (Contributor), Shen, Zeli (Contributor), Tannenbaum, Steven Robert (Contributor), Wishnok, John S. (Contributor), Fox, James G. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2014-09-09T15:10:44Z.
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