RETRACTED: Melanin Produced by Bordetella parapertussis Confers a Survival Advantage to the Bacterium during Host Infection
ABSTRACT Bordetella parapertussis causes respiratory infection in humans, with a mild pertussis (whooping cough)-like disease. The organism produces a brown pigment, the nature and biological significance of which have not been elucidated. Here, by screening a transposon library, we demonstrate that...
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Main Authors: | Yukihiro Hiramatsu, Takashi Nishida, Dendi Krisna Nugraha, Fuminori Sugihara, Yasuhiko Horiguchi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-10-01
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Series: | mSphere |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00819-21 |
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