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Genomes and Genes | K G JarvisSummaryAffiliation: Food and Drug Administration Country: USA Publications
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Molecular characterization of Cronobacter lipopolysaccharide O-antigen gene clusters and development of serotype-specific PCR assaysK G Jarvis
Lab 3412, MOD 1 Facility, Virulence Mechanisms Branch HFS 025, Division of Virulence Assessment, OARSA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U S Food and Drug Administration, 8301 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:4017-26. 2011..PCR assays were developed, targeting the wzx O-antigen polymerase gene, and used to screen 231 Cronobacter strains to determine the frequency of these newly identified serotypes...
Identification and characterization of Cronobacter iron acquisition systemsC J Grim
CFSAN, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 78:6035-50. 2012..Taken together, these results support the proposition that C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus may be more associated with the human host and C. dublinensis and C. muytjensii with plants...
Characterization of putative virulence genes on the related RepFIB plasmids harbored by Cronobacter sppA A Franco
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U S Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:3255-67. 2011..These results support the hypothesis that these plasmids have evolved from a single archetypical plasmid backbone through the cointegration, or deletion, of specific virulence traits in each species...
Multiplex PCR assay targeting a diguanylate cyclase-encoding gene, cgcA, to differentiate species within the genus CronobacterL Carter
CFSAN, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 79:734-7. 2013..This assay will be a valuable tool for identifying suspected Cronobacter isolates from food-borne investigations...
Cpa, the outer membrane protease of Cronobacter sakazakii, activates plasminogen and mediates resistance to serum bactericidal activityA A Franco
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U S Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA
Infect Immun 79:1578-87. 2011..These results strongly suggest that Cpa may be an important virulence factor involved in serum resistance, as well as in the spread and invasion of C. sakazakii...
