Brucella abortus depends on pyruvate phosphate dikinase and malic enzyme but not on Fbp and GlpX fructose-1,6-bisphosphatases for full virulence in laboratory models.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 16, 2014

Authors

Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa1, Thibault Barbier2, Raquel Conde-Álvarez1, Estrella Martínez-Gómez1, Leyre Palacios-Chaves1, Yolanda Gil-Ramírez1, María Jesús Grilló3, Jean-Jacques Letesson2, Maite Iriarte1, Ignacio Moriyón4

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Microbiología e Instituto de Salud Tropical, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
2: Research Unit in Biology of Microorganisms-URBM, NARILIS, UNAmur, Namur, Belgium.
3: Grupo de Sanidad Animal, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC-Universidad Pública de Navarra-Gobierno de Navarra), Campus de Arrosadía, Pamplona, Spain.
4: Departamento de Microbiología e Instituto de Salud Tropical, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain imoriyon@unav.es.

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