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George M Kennedy1, J Hiroshi Morisaki, Patricia A DiGiuseppe Champion.
Abstract
Mycobacterium marinum is a waterborne mycobacterial pathogen. Due to their common niche, protozoa likely represent natural hosts for M. marinum. We demonstrate that the ESX-1 secretion system is required for M. marinum pathogenesis and that M. marinum utilizes actin-based motility in amoebae. Therefore, at least two virulence pathways used by M. marinum in macrophages are conserved during M. marinum infection of amoebae.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22247144 PMCID: PMC3298165 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06965-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792