Survival of smooth, rough and transposon mutant strains of Brucella abortus in bovine mammary macrophages
- 31 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
- Vol. 26 (4), 353-365
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2427(90)90119-d
Abstract
Transposon mutants offer a unique way to evaluate the role of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by producing a theoretical single-gene difference between the original strain and the transposon mutant strain. Comparative survival of Brucella abortus smooth strain 2308, rough RB51, smooth strain 19, and two transposon mutant strains (rough strain 2308::Tn5 Lac Z [m106] and rough strain 19::Tn5 Lac Z [m3], was tested in restrictive bovine mammary macrophages that were able to effectively reduce the percentage of intracellular bacterial survival and permissive bovine mammary macrophages that were unable to control the intracellular replication of B. abortus. The theoretical single-gene difference between strain 19 and strain 19::Tn5 lac Z [m3] and between smooth virulent strain 2308 and rough transposon mutant 2308::Tn5 lacZ [m106] is likely related to differences in LPS content or structure. Significant (PB. abortus in bovine macrophages.Keywords
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