Evidence for reductive genome evolution and lateral acquisition of virulence functions in two Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen, is the etiologic agent of the disease known as caseous lymphadenitis (CL). CL mainly affects small ruminants, such as goats and sheep; it also causes infections in humans, though rarely. This species is distri...
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen, is the etiologic agent
of the disease known as caseous lymphadenitis (CL). CL mainly affects small ruminants, such as goats and sheep; it also
causes infections in humans, though rarely. This species is distributed worldwide, but it has the most serious economic
impact in Oceania, Africa and South America. Although C. pseudotuberculosis causes major health and productivity problems
for livestock, little is known about the molecular basis of its pathogenicity. |