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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Gmbh, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Alaina Ingebritson, Hubbard, IA (US);
Axel Neubauer, Savannah, MO (US);
Hilda Elizabeth Smith, Lelystad, NL;
Astrid De Greeff, Lelystad, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to bacterial infections, vaccines directed against those infections and bacterial vaccines. More particularly, the invention relates to vaccines directed againstinfections in pigs. The invention provides a ΔFolT mutant of a bacterium having reduced capacity to transport folate, wherein said capacity has been reduced by functionally deleting folate transporter (FolT) function. The invention also provides a method to reduce virulence of a bacterium comprising reducing the capacity of said bacterium to transport folate.