Identification, cloning and characterization of SpEX exotoxin produced by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

• Mohamed A. Abouelkhair,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sadat City, Menoufia, Egypt

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0109-6000

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• David A. Bemis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Richard J. Giannone,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Biological Mass Spectrometry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Linda A. Frank,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America

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• Stephen A. Kania

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: skania@utk.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-7347

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