title: A colonization factor (production of lateral flagella) of mesophilic Aeromonas spp. is inactive in Aeromonas salmonicida strains.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Microbiología, Facultad Biología, Universidad Barcelona, 08071 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: Rosalina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gavín
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vilches
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tomás
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018441:Biofilms; D002460:Cell Line; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D005810:Multigene Family; D012487:Salmonidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005408:Flagellin