Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS

Scientific Program - Poster Session II
(from 13:00 Tuesday 16 to 18:30 Wednesday 17)
73- PURIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND CLONING OF AN IMMUNOGENIC
AMINOPEPTIDASE OF Brucella melitensis.
A. Contreras-Rodríguez 1 , B. Ramírez-Zavala 1 , A. López-Merino 1 , A. Contreras 2 , M. Seleem 2 , N. Sriranganathan 2 , and G. G.
Schurig 2 . (1) Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, I.P.N. MEXICO. (2) Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious
Diseases, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0342, U.S.A.
74- IS A NEW POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCED BY Brucella melitensis 16M?.
Delrue, R.M., Vanzenbergh, F. and J.J. Letesson. Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire (URBM), Laboratoire
d’Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
75- RHIZOPINE METABOLISM GENES ARE INVOLVED IN Brucella PATHOGENESIS.
P. Lestrate, A. Dricot, R-M. Delrue, V. Haine, A. Tibor, P. Michel, J. Godfroid, D. Billen, A. Krief, P. Murphy, X. De Bolle and J-J
Letesson. Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire (URBM), Laboratoire d’Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Facultés
Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
76- THE AQUAPORIN GEN aqpX OF Brucella abortus IS INDUCED IN HYPEROSMOTIC
CONDITIONS.
A. Seoane, M. C. Rodríguez, R. Hernández-Castro and J. M. García-Lobo. Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad
de Cantabria. Spain.
77- DELETION OF THE bac A GENE FROM Brucella abortus INCREASES OR DECREASES
VIRULENCE OF THE ORGANISM DEPENDING UPON THE GENETIC BACKGROUND OF THE
HOST.
Parent, M. 1 , R. Goenka 1 , K. Levier 2 , N. Carreiro 1 , R.M. Roop II 3 , G. Walker 2 and C.L. Baldwin 1 . (1) Department of Veterinary
and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. (2) Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. (3) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina State University School of
Medicine, Greenville, NC. USA.
78- DhbR, A PUTATIVE AraC-LIKE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR, REGULATES THE
PRODUCTION OF THE SIDEROPHORE 2,3-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID (2,3-DHBA) IN Brucella
abortus.
E. S. Anderson 1 , B. H. Bellaire 2 and R. M. Roop II 1 . (1) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University
School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. (2) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130. USA.
79- THE rsh GENE OF Brucella melitensis 16M IS ESSENTIAL FOR FULL VIRULENCE AND
CONTROLS VirB EXPRESSION in vitro.
M. Dozot, R-M. Delrue,R. Hallez, J.J. Letesson and X. De Bolle. Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire (URBM),
Laboratoire d’Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
80- LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE MODIFICATIONS IN Brucella abortus MUTATED IN THE TWO-
COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEM BvrR/BvrS.
L. Manterola 1 , I. Moriyón 1 , E. Moreno 2 , K. Brandenburg 3 , and I. López-Goñi 1 . (1) Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad
de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. (2) PIET, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. (3)
Forschungszentrum Borstel, Borstel, Germany.
81- EXPRESSION OF Brucella abortus omp3a AND omp3b UNDER DIFFERENT GROWTH
CONDITIONS AND EFFECT OF omp3a OR omp3b DELETION ON OUTER MEMBRANE
PROPERTIES AND VIRULENCE.
L. Manterola 1 , C. Guzmán-Verrri 2 , M. J. Grilló 3 , M. J. de Miguel 3 , I. Moriyón 1 , E. Chaves-Olarte 2 , E. Moreno 2 , and I. López-Goñi 1 .
(1) Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. (2) PIET, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria,
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. (3) Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Servicio de Investigacion Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de
Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
82- CLONING, EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF B. suis OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS.
X. Ding 1 , C. Paranavitana 1 , M. Izadjoo 2 and D. Hoover 1 . (1) Department of Bacterial Diseases, Walter Read Army Institute of
Reseach, Silver Spring, MD, USA. (2) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
83- HUMORAL AND CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSE TO Brucella abortus STRAINS RB51 AND
S19 IN HEREFORD HEIFERS IN PATAGONIA REGION, ARGENTINA.
Robles, C.A. 1 , Abalos, P. 2 , Cabrera, R. 1 , Petray, S. 1 , Ibarra, L. 2 . (1) National Institute for Agricultural Technology – CC: 277
(8400) Bariloche, Argentina. (2) Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias. Universidad de Chile - Casilla 2, Correo 15,
Santiago. Chile.
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