Presence of Type III Secretion Genes in Burkholderia pseudomallei Correlates with Ara− Phenotypes

AUTOR(ES)

Winstanley, Craig

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Dot blot hybridization and PCR amplification of 14 Ara+ and 8 Ara− Burkholderia pseudomallei strains showed that type III secretion (TTS) genes were present in all the Ara− strains but absent from all but one of the Ara+ strains. The link between TTS genes and an Ara− phenotype suggests a role for TTS in virulence.

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