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Yersinia Surface Structures and Bacteriophages

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major constituent on the surface of the gram-negative bacteria including the bacteria of genus Yersinia. This chapter presents a short summary of the biosynthesis, genetics, and structural analysis of Yersinia LPS and then describes how the receptor structures of bacteriophages ϕR1-37 and ϕA1122 specific for Y. enterocolitica serotype O:3 and Y. pestis, respectively, were characterized.

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Skurnik, M. (2012). Yersinia Surface Structures and Bacteriophages. In: de Almeida, A., Leal, N. (eds) Advances in Yersinia Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 954. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3561-7_37

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