Type III secretion system genes in clinical Aeromonas isolates

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Mar;42(3):1285-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1285-1287.2004.

Abstract

We have identified the genes ascF and ascG, which encode components of a putative type III secretion system (TTSS) in AEROMONAS: We investigated the distribution of these and other TTSS genes in 84 clinical isolates and found hybridizing sequences in 50% of the strains, with a higher prevalence in Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas veronii than in Aeromonas caviae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas* / genetics
  • Aeromonas* / isolation & purification
  • Aeromonas* / pathogenicity
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • DNA Primers

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY289195