ATTENUATED PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS BACTERIUM

The present invention relates to an attenuated Piscirickettsia salmonis bacterium. The bacterium comprises mutations in the amino acid sequence of each of the rpoD, FecR, ATP-grasp domain protein, and FtsH gene products. The invention also relates to vaccines comprising the attenuated Piscirickettsi...

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Hauptverfasser: NYGAARD, Anja, TUNHEIM, Siv Haugen, MAIRA, Claudia Vargas, FROYSTAD-SAUGEN, Marianne, KLEVAN, Are, BORDEVIK, Marianne
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to an attenuated Piscirickettsia salmonis bacterium. The bacterium comprises mutations in the amino acid sequence of each of the rpoD, FecR, ATP-grasp domain protein, and FtsH gene products. The invention also relates to vaccines comprising the attenuated Piscirickettsia salmonis bacterium that are useful for the prevention of microbial pathogenesis. In addition, the invention relates to methods for the preparation of attenuated Piscirickettsia salmonis bacteria, and vaccines comprising such bacteria.