TABLE 1.
Strain | Phenotypes | Characteristic(s) and/or source |
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B. suis 1330 | Smooth, virulent | WT Brucella suis (ATCC 23444) |
B. suis manB mutant | Rough, attenuated | B. suis manB::mTn5Km2 mini-Tn5 insertion mutant of B. suis 1330 invalidated on phosphomannose gene, kanamycin resistant |
B. abortus 2308 | Smooth, virulent | WT Brucella abortus, laboratory collection (CITA, Zaragoza, Spain) |
B. abortus 45/20 | Rough, attenuated | Vaccine strain of Brucella abortus, laboratory collection (CITA, Zaragoza, Spain) |