Identification of Type 4B Secretion System Substrates That Are Conserved among Coxiella burnetii Genomes and Promote Intracellular Growth

ABSTRACT Coxiella burnetii is a Gram-negative pathogen that infects a variety of mammalian hosts. Infection of domesticated ewes can cause fetal abortion, whereas acute human infection normally manifests as the flu-like illness Q fever. Successful host infection requires replication of the pathogen...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: Charles L. Larson, Willis Pullman, Paul A. Beare, Robert A. Heinzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00696-23