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Serian D, Churin Y, Hammerl JA, Rohde M, Jung A, Müller A, Yue M, Kehrenberg C. Characterization of Temperate LPS-Binding Bordetella avium Phages That Lack Superinfection Immunity. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0370222. [PMID: 37125905 PMCID: PMC10269795 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03702-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Bordetella avium causes a highly infectious upper respiratory tract disease in turkeys and other poultry with high economic losses. Considering the antimicrobial resistance crisis, bacteriophages (phages) may be an alternative approach for treating bacterial infections such as bordetellosis. Here, we describe seven B. avium phages, isolated from drinking water and feces from chicken and turkey farms. They showed strong bacteriolytic activity with a broad host range and used lipopolysaccharides (LPS) as a host receptor for their adsorption. All phages are myoviruses based on their structure observed by transmission electron microscopy. Genome sequence analyses revealed genome assembly sizes ranging from 39,087 to 43,144 bp. Their permutated genomes were organized colinearly, with a conserved module order, and were packed according to a predicted headful packing strategy. Notably, they contained genes encoding putative markers of lysogeny, indicative of temperate phages, despite their lytic phenotype. Further investigation revealed that the phages could indeed undergo a lysogenic life cycle with varying frequency. However, the lysogenic bacteria were still susceptible to superinfection with the same phages. This lack of stable superinfection immunity after lysogenization appears to be a characteristic feature of B. avium phages, which is favorable in terms of a potential therapeutic use of phages for the treatment of avian bordetellosis. IMPORTANCE To maintain the effectiveness of antibiotics over the long term, alternatives to treat infectious diseases are urgently needed. Therefore, phages have recently come back into focus as they can specifically infect and lyse bacteria and are naturally occurring. However, there is little information on phages that can infect pathogenic bacteria from animals, such as the causative agent of bordetellosis of poultry, B. avium. Therefore, in this study, B. avium phages were isolated and comprehensively characterized, including whole-genome analysis. Although phenotypically the phages were thought to undergo a lytic cycle, we demonstrated that they undergo a lysogenic phase, but that infection does not confer stable host superinfection immunity. These findings provide important information that could be relevant for potential biocontrol of avian bordetellosis by using phage therapy.
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- Dorothee Serian
- Institute for Veterinary Food Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Veterinary Food Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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- Central Facility for Microscopy, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Veterinary Food Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Science and Department of Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Institute for Veterinary Food Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Lavrenko A, Digtiar N, Gerasymenko N, Kaidashev I. A rare case of Bordetella avium pneumonia complicated by Raoultella planticola. Clin Case Rep 2020; 8:1039-1043. [PMID: 32577260 PMCID: PMC7303856 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Bordetella avium pneumonia immunocompromised the patient with subsequent complication by a rare opportunistic Raoultella planticola infection, which became a nosocomial pathogen in the healthcare setting.
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- Anna Lavrenko
- Internal Medicine Department No. 3 with PhthisiologyUkrainian Medical Stomatological AcademyPoltavaUkraine
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- Internal Medicine Department No. 3 with PhthisiologyUkrainian Medical Stomatological AcademyPoltavaUkraine
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- Internal Medicine Department No. 3 with PhthisiologyUkrainian Medical Stomatological AcademyPoltavaUkraine
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- Internal Medicine Department No. 3 with PhthisiologyUkrainian Medical Stomatological AcademyPoltavaUkraine
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Knab R, Petersen H, Lin HJ, Meixner M, Rautenschlein S, Jung A. In vitro characterization and genetic diversity of Bordetella avium field strains. Avian Pathol 2019; 49:36-46. [PMID: 31456417 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2019.1660305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bordetella avium (BA) is a respiratory pathogen of particular importance for turkeys. Specific adherence and damage to the respiratory epithelia are crucial steps of the pathogenesis, but knowledge about the mechanisms and the variety of virulence in field strains is limited. We analysed 17 BA field strains regarding their in vitro virulence-associated properties in tracheal organ cultures (TOC) of turkey embryos, and their genetic diversity. The TOC adherence assay indicated that BA field strains differ considerably in their ability to adhere to the tracheal mucosa, while the TOC ciliostasis assay illustrated a high degree of diversity in ciliostatic effects. These two virulence-associated properties were associated with each other in the investigated strains. Three of the investigated strains displayed significantly (P > 0.05) lower in vitro virulence in comparison to other strains. Genetic diversity of BA strains was analysed by core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST). We applied a cgMLST scheme comprising 2667 targets of the reference genome (77.3% of complete genome, BA strain 197N). The results showed a broad genetic diversity in BA field strains but did not demonstrate a correlation between sequence type and virulence-associated properties. The cgMLST analysis revealed that strains with less marked virulence-associated properties had a variety of mutations in the putative filamentous haemagglutinin gene. Likewise, amino acid sequence alignment indicated variations in the protein. The results from our study showed that both adherence and ciliostasis assay can be used for virulence characterization of BA. Variations in the filamentous haemagglutinin protein may be responsible for reduced virulence of BA field strains.
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- Rebecca Knab
- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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- Amedes Genetics, MVZ Endokrinologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Amedes Genetics, MVZ Endokrinologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Novikov A, Marr N, Caroff M. A comparative study of the complete lipopolysaccharide structures and biosynthesis loci of Bordetella avium, B. hinzii, and B. trematum. Biochimie 2018; 159:81-92. [PMID: 30578925 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A dozen species of human and animal pathogens have been described to date in the Bordetella genus, with the majority being respiratory tract pathogens. Bordetella avium lipopolysaccharides have been shown to be important virulence factors for this bird pathogen. B. hinzii is closely related to the B. avium species, but has also been isolated from humans. B. trematum is associated to ear and blood infections in humans. Its lipid A structure, the biological active moiety of LPS, was found to be closely related to those of B. avium and B. hinzii. It is important to unveil the subtle structural modifications orchestrated during the LPS biosynthetic pathway to better understand host adaptation. The present data are also important in the context of deciphering the virulence pathways of this important genus containing the major pathogens B. pertussis and B. parapertussis, responsible for whooping cough. We recently reported the isolated lipid A structures of the three presented species, following the previously identified O-chain structures. In the present study, we provide details on the free and O-chain-linked core oligosaccharides which were required to characterize the complete LPS structures. Data are presented here in relation to relevant biosynthesis genes. The present characterization of the three species is well illustrated by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry experiments, and data were obtained mainly on native LPS molecules for the first time.
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- Alexey Novikov
- LPS-BioSciences, Bâtiment 409, Université de Paris-Sud, Paris-Saclay, F-91405, Orsay, France
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- LPS-BioSciences, Bâtiment 409, Université de Paris-Sud, Paris-Saclay, F-91405, Orsay, France; Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université de Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405, Orsay, France.
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Perniss A, Schmidt N, Gurtner C, Dietert K, Schwengers O, Weigel M, Hempe J, Ewers C, Pfeil U, Gärtner U, Gruber AD, Hain T, Kummer W. Bordetella pseudohinzii targets cilia and impairs tracheal cilia-driven transport in naturally acquired infection in mice. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5681. [PMID: 29632402 PMCID: PMC5890243 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23830-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Several species of the Gram-negative genus Bordetella are the cause of respiratory infections in mammals and birds, including whooping cough (pertussis) in humans. Very recently, a novel atypical species, Bordetella pseudohinzii, was isolated from laboratory mice. These mice presented no obvious clinical symptoms but elevated numbers of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and inflammatory signs in histopathology. We noted that this species can occur at high prevalence in a mouse facility despite regular pathogen testing according to the FELASA-recommendations. Affected C57BL/6 J mice had, in addition to the reported pulmonary alterations, tracheal inflammation with reduced numbers of ciliated cells, slower ciliary beat frequency, and largely (>50%) compromised cilia-driven particle transport speed on the mucosal surface, a primary innate defence mechanism. In an in vitro-model, Bordetella pseudohinzii attached to respiratory kinocilia, impaired ciliary function within 4 h and caused epithelial damage within 24 h. Regular testing for this ciliotropic Bordetella species and excluding it from colonies that provide mice for lung research shall be recommended. On the other hand, controlled colonization and infection with Bordetella pseudohinzii may serve as an experimental model to investigate mechanisms of mucociliary clearance and microbial strategies to escape from this primary innate defence response.
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- Alexander Perniss
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Bioinformatics and System Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Central Experimental Animal Facility, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Hartmann S, Sid H, Rautenschlein S. Avian metapneumovirus infection of chicken and turkey tracheal organ cultures: comparison of virus-host interactions. Avian Pathol 2016; 44:480-9. [PMID: 26365279 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2015.1086974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) is a pathogen with worldwide distribution, which can cause high economic losses in infected poultry. aMPV mainly causes infection of the upper respiratory tract in both chickens and turkeys, although turkeys seem to be more susceptible. Little is known about virus-host interactions at epithelial surfaces after aMPV infection. Tracheal organ cultures (TOC) are a suitable model to investigate virus-host interaction in the respiratory epithelium. Therefore, we investigated virus replication rates and lesion development in chicken and turkey TOC after infection with a virulent aMPV subtype A strain. Aspects of the innate immune response, such as interferon-α and inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression, as well as virus-induced apoptosis were determined. The aMPV-replication rate was higher in turkey (TTOC) compared to chicken TOC (CTOC) (P < 0.05), providing circumstantial evidence that indeed turkeys may be more susceptible. The interferon-α response was down-regulated from 2 to 144 hours post infection in both species compared to virus-free controls (P < 0.05); this was more significant for CTOC than TTOC. Inducible nitric oxide synthase expression was significantly up-regulated in aMPV-A-infected TTOC and CTOC compared to virus-free controls (P < 0.05). However, the results suggest that NO may play a different role in aMPV pathogenesis between turkeys and chickens as indicated by differences in apoptosis rate and lesion development between species. Overall, our study reveals differences in innate immune response regulation and therefore may explain differences in aMPV - A replication rates between infected TTOC and CTOC, which subsequently lead to more severe clinical signs and a higher rate of secondary infections in turkeys.
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- Sandra Hartmann
- a Clinic for Poultry , University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , Hannover , Germany
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- a Clinic for Poultry , University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , Hannover , Germany
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- a Clinic for Poultry , University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , Hannover , Germany
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Liu G, Liang M, Zuo X, Zhao X, Guo F, Yang S, Zhu R. Monoclonal antibodies directed against the outer membrane protein of Bordetella avium. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2014; 32:295-300. [PMID: 23909425 DOI: 10.1089/mab.2012.0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bordetella avium is the etiologic agent of coryza and rhinotracheitis in poultry. This respiratory disease is responsible for substantial economic losses in the poultry industry. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced against the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of B. avium isolated from diseased chickens. BALB/c mice were immunized with the extracted B. avium OMPs. Then the splenocytes from immunized mice and SP2/0 myeloma cells were fused using PEG 4000. Three stable hybridoma clones (designated as 3G₁₀, 4A₃, and 4E₈) were produced via indirect ELISA and three rounds of subcloning. The MAbs were classified as IgG1, and can recognize the 58 kDa OMP band by Western blot assays. No MAb cross-reactivity with chicken Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella was observed. A double antibody sandwich ELISA (DAS-ELISA) was developed using the rabbit polyclonal antibodies as the capture antibody and MAb 4A₃ as the detection antibody. Under the DAS-ELISA, the minimum detectable concentration of B. avium was 1 × 10(4) CFU/mL, and no cross-reactivity occurred with chicken Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella. Results showed that the DAS-ELISA has good sensitivity and specificity. Clinical application showed the DAS-ELISA was more sensitive than the plate agglutination test. This study may be used to develop a quick and specific diagnostic kit, analyze epitopes, and establish systems for typing B. avium.
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- Guanhua Liu
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong Taian, PR China
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Novikov A, Shah NR, AlBitar-Nehme S, Basheer SM, Trento I, Tirsoaga A, Moksa M, Hirst M, Perry MB, Hamidi AE, Fernandez RC, Caroff M. Complete Bordetella avium, Bordetella hinzii and Bordetella trematum lipid A structures and genomic sequence analyses of the loci involved in their modifications. Innate Immun 2013; 20:659-72. [PMID: 24127384 DOI: 10.1177/1753425913506950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Endotoxin is recognized as one of the virulence factors of the Bordetella avium bird pathogen, and characterization of its structure and corresponding genomic features are important for an understanding of its role in pathogenicity and for an improved general knowledge of Bordetella spp virulence factors. The structure of the biologically active part of B. avium LPS, lipid A, is described and compared to those of another bird pathogen, opportunistic in humans, Bordetella hinzii, and to that of Bordetella trematum, a human pathogen. Sequence analyses showed that the three strains have homologues of acyl-chain modifying enzymes PagL, PagP and LpxO, of the 1-phosphatase LpxE, in addition to LgmA, LgmB and LgmC, which are required for the glucosamine modification. MALDI mass spectrometry identified a high amount of glucosamine substituting the phosphate groups of B. avium lipid A; this modification was absent from B. hinzii and B. trematum. The acylation patterns of the three lipid As were similar, but they differed from those of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. They were also found to be close to the lipid A structure of Bordetella bronchiseptica, a mammalian pathogen, only differing from the latter by the degree of hydroxylation of the branched fatty acid.
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- Alexey Novikov
- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France Present address: Start-up LPS-BioSciences, IGM, Orsay, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France Present address: Start-up LPS-BioSciences, IGM, Orsay, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Equipe "Endotoxines", I.G.M. Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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