2003•Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen access

A Colonization Factor (Production of Lateral Flagella) of Mesophilic Aeromonas spp. Is Inactive in Aeromonas salmonicida Strains

Susana Merino, Rosalina Gavı́n, Silvia Vilches, Jonathan G. Shaw, Juan M. Tomás

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The nine laf (lateral flagellum) genes of mesophilic aeromonads are in the Aeromonas salmonicida genome. The laf genes are functional, except for lafA (flagellin gene), which was inactivated by transposase 8 (IS3 family). A pathogenic characteristic of mesophilic aeromonads (lateral flagella) is abolished in this specialized pathogen with a narrow host range.

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Key concepts: Aeromonas salmonicida, Aeromonas, Colonization, Microbiology, Flagellum, Biology, Vibrionaceae, Mesophile