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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Streptococcus suis
SUBMITTER: Astrid de Greeff
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2531 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC microbiology 20110707
<h4>Background</h4>Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that causes infections in young piglets. S. suis is a heterogeneous species. Thirty-three different capsular serotypes have been described, that differ in virulence between as well as within serotypes.<h4>Results</h4>In this study, the correlation between gene content, serotype, phenotype and virulence among 55 S. suis strains was studied using Comparative Genome Hybridization (CGH). Clustering of CGH data divided S. suis isolates into ...[more]