Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are required for optimal virulence in mice

¹ Produce Quality and Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 002, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705-235, USA
² Diet Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 002, BARC-W, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA
³ Food and Drug Administration, Division of Virulence Assessment, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
⁴ Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7521, USA
⁵ College of Agriculture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7521, USA
⁶ Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7521, USA