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SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Boland JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852188 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vázquez-Boland José A JA Meijer Wim G WG
Molecular microbiology 20190617 1
Rhodococcus equi is the only recognized animal pathogenic species within an extended genus of metabolically versatile Actinobacteria of considerable biotechnological interest. Best known as a horse pathogen, R. equi is commonly isolated from other animal species, particularly pigs and ruminants, and causes severe opportunistic infections in people. As typical in the rhodococci, R. equi niche specialization is extrachromosomally determined, via a conjugative virulence plasmid that promotes intram ...[more]