The major outer membrane protein OmpU of Vibrio splendidus contributes to host antimicrobial peptide resistance and is required for virulence in the oyster Crassostrea gigas

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Duperthuy, Marylise, Binesse, Johan, Le Roux, Frederique, Romestand, Bernard, Caro, Audrey, Got, Patrice, Givaudan, Alain, Mazel, Didier, Bachere, Evelyne, Destoumieux Garzon, Delphine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc 2010
• Subjects: Meier; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00003/11421/8044.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02138.x; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00003/11421/

Vibrio splendidus, strain LGP32, is an oyster pathogen associated with the summer mortalities affecting the production of Crassostrea gigas oysters worldwide. Vibrio splendidus LGP32 was shown to resist to up to 10 mu M Cg-Def defensin and Cg-BPI bactericidal permeability increasing protein, two ant...