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Science 23 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3682, pp. 422 - 424
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3682.422
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Pasteurella pestis: Role of Pesticin I and Iron in Experimental Plague

R. R. Brubaker 1, E. D. Beesley 1, and M. J. Surgalla 1

1 U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Federick, Maryland

Loss of the genetic determinant for pesticin I in Pasteurella pestis results in concomitant loss of the plague coagulase and fibrinolytic factor. The median lethal dose for mice of an isolate lacking only these activities is increased by factors of about 101, 104, and 107 cells when administered by the intravenous, intraperitoneal, and subcutaneous routes, respectively. Virulence of the aforesaid strain can be enhanced in mice treated with 40 µg of ferrous iron. This response resembles that of Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis, a closely related species that normally lacks pesticin I.


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