The Brucella pathogens are polarized bacteria.

Van der Henst C; de Barsy M; Zorreguieta A; Letesson JJ; De Bolle X

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2013.10.008

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The Brucella pathogens are polarized bacteria.

Van der Henst C Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
de Barsy M
Zorreguieta A
Letesson JJ
De Bolle X

2013-10-22

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Microbes and infection. - 2013

English Brucella pathogens are responsible for brucellosis, a worldwide zoonosis. They are facultative intracellular pathogens characterized by their asymmetric division and their unipolar growth. This growth modality generates poles with specialized functions (through polar recruitment of polar adhesins or of cell cycle regulators) and progeny cells with potentially different fates.

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