Bautype: Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide Serotype Prediction for Acinetobacter baumannii Genome

Abstract. Acinetobacter baumannii has three clusters of genes for polysaccharide synthesis. Capsular polysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides are major virulence determinants in many Gram-negative bacteria, and play key roles in the overall fitness and virulence in A. baumannii, meanwhile poly-beta-1...

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Main Authors: Xiaoting Hua, Qian Liang, Li Fang, Jintao He, Meixia Wang, Wenjie Hong, Sebastian Leptihn, Hengliang Wang, Yunsong Yu, Huan Chen, Stijn van der Veen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-03-01
Series:Infectious Microbes & Diseases
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/IM9.0000000000000019