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, Lertpiriyapong, Kvin, Sarkar, Ujjal, Seneviratne, Uthpala I., Park, Danny S., Gamazon, Eric R., Batchelder, Chara, Cheung, Cheryl, Buckley, Ellen Marie, Taylor, Nancy S., Shen, Zeli, Tannenbaum, Steven Robert, Wishnok, John S., Fox, James G.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89226
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