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This isolate is a nalidixic acid-resistant mutant of strain 197. [The wild type, 197, was isolated from an infected turkey by Y.M. Saif, Ohio.]
Temple LM, et al. Bordetella avium virulence measured in vivo and in vitro. Infect. Immun. 66: 5244-5251, 1998. PubMed: 9784529
Louise Temple, personal communication
Nucleotide (GenBank) : AY155575 Bordetella avium strain 197N probable response regulator gene, partial cds; and transcription regulators of virulence factors bvg locus, complete sequence.
Nucleotide (GenBank) : AY155576 Bordetella avium strain 197N ABC transporter gene, partial cds; and adhesin FhaB (fhaB), complete cds; fimbrial gene cluster, complete sequence; and FHA accessory protein FhaC (fhaC) gene, complete cds.
