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. 1997 Mar;179(6):2081–2085. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.6.2081-2085.1997

Homology with a repeated Yersinia pestis DNA sequence IS100 correlates with pesticin sensitivity in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

K A McDonough 1, J M Hare 1
PMCID: PMC178938  PMID: 9068660

Abstract

We have identified IS100 sequences in a specific subset of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolates that were also sensitive to the Y. pestis-produced bacteriocin, pesticin. In contrast, Y. pseudotuberculosis strains which did not contain IS100 sequences were not sensitive to pesticin. We propose that IS100 serves as a molecular marker that identifies a subset of Y. pseudotuberculosis isolates that have a particularly close evolutionary and/or ecological relationship with Y. pestis.

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