Abstract
The invention relates to bacterial infections, vaccines directed against those infections and bacterial vaccines. More particularly, the invention relates to vaccines directed against Streptococcus infections in pigs. Provided is a ΔFolT mutant of a bacterium having reduced capacity to transport folate, wherein the capacity has been reduced by functionally deleting folate transporter (FolT) function. Also provided is a method to reduce virulence of a bacterium comprising reducing the capacity of the bacterium to transport folate.
Original language | English |
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Patent number | WO2018089841 |
Priority date | 11/11/16 |
Publication status | Published - 17 May 2018 |