He was chairman of the committee on Brucella abortus infection and on Johne's disease ( Paratuberculosis ).
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Brucellosis is caused by different biotypes of " Brucella abortus " and " rinderpest and ovine rinderpest viruses.
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On the other hand, ALOX5 gene knockout mice demonstrate an enhanced resistance and lessened pathology to Brucella abortus infection and, at least in its acute phase, Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
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For example, " Agrobacterium tumefaciens " is a plant pathogen, " Brucella abortus " is an animal pathogen, and " Sinorhizobium meliloti " is a soil bacterium that invades, and becomes a symbiont in, plant root nodules that fix nitrogen yet most of the proteins of the " Caulobacter " cell cycle control are also found in these species.