Genetic organization and preferential distribution of putative pilus gene clusters in Streptococcus suis

• Main Authors: Daisuke Takamatsu, Hiroto Nishino, Tomono Ishiji, Jun Ishii, Makoto Osaki, Nahuel Fittipaldi, Marcelo Gottschalk, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Shinji Takai, Tsutomu Sekizaki
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Veterinary
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67349125900&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49134
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Recent analyses of Streptococcus suis isolates using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) suggested the importance of sequence type (ST) 1 and ST27 complexes for animal hygiene and public health. In this study, to investigate whether pilus-associated genes in S. suis can be used as novel genetic marker...