Overexpression of wbkF gene in Brucella abortus RB51WboA leads to increased O-polysaccharide expression and enhanced vaccine efficacy against B. abortus 2308, B. melitensis 16M, and B. suis 1330 in a murine brucellosis model

• Neha Dabral,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Grant N. Burcham,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center, Dubois, Indiana, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Neeta Jain-Gupta,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Nammalwar Sriranganathan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Ramesh Vemulapalli

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: RVemulapalli@cvm.tamu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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