The capsular polysaccharide of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 5A: role in serum resistance and characterization of the genetic basis for expression
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae synthesizes a serotype-specific capsular polysaccharide (CP) that protects this bacterium from host defenses. In the presence of anti-CP IgG, encapsulated A. pleuropneumoniae K17 was killed in precolostral calf serum (PCS) but not in normal serum used as a complement...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40239 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10262005-143541/ |