ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIE......FI....CY..TR............................*JDIM360 Ver 2.15 (14 Jul 2008) - 2999001/01334196CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATIONB8B120090902W173deBibliographieenBibliographyfrBibliographieEP01993615.2200111062003060620040908enenen0020394720001109EP2009090220093620030813200333200904152009162008110620090902200936C12N 15/31 20060101AFI20020821BHEP C07K 14/315 20060101ALI20020821BHEP C07K 16/12 20060101ALI20020821BHEP A61K 38/16 20060101ALI20020821BHEP deFRAGMENT AUS DEM GENOM VON STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS UND SEINE KLINISCHE VERWENDUNGENenGENOMIC FRAGMENT OF STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS AND CLINICAL USES THEREOFfrFRAGMENT DU GENOME DE STREPTOCOQUE SUIS ET UTILISATIONS CLINIQUESWO-A-00/05378US-A- 5 610 011SMITH HILDE E ET AL: "Selection of virulence-associated determinants of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 by in vivo complementation." INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, vol. 69, no. 3, March 2001 (2001-03), pages 1961-1966, XP002199921 ISSN: 0019-9567SMITH H.E. ET AL: "Identification and characterization of the cps locus of Streptococcus suis serotype 2: The capsule protects against phagocytosis and is an important virulence factor." INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, (1999) 67/4 (1750-1756)., XP002126886 cited in the applicationSMITH, H. E. DE ET AL: "The cps locus of Streptococcus suis serotype 2: genetic determinant for the synthesis of sialic acid" MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, (2000) VOL. 29, NO. 2, PP. 127-134. 28 REF. ISSN: 0882-4010, XP000991174 Department of Bacteriology, Institute for Animal Science and Health, P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, Netherlands.BUSQUE P. ET AL: "Immunization of pigs against Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infection using a live avirulent strain." CANADIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH, (1997) 61/4 (275-279)., XP000991156SMITH H.E. ET AL: "Repeats in an extracellular protein of weakly pathogenic strains of Streptococcus suis type 2 are absent in pathogenic strains." INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, (1993) 61/8 (3318-3326)., XP000990324SMITH H.E. ET AL: "Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the 136-kilodalton surface protein (muramidase-released protein) of Streptococcus suis type 2." INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, (1992) 60/6 (2361-2367)., XP000990323 cited in the applicationALLGAIER A. ET AL: "Relatedness of Streptococcus suis isolates of various serotypes and clinical backgrounds as evaluated by macrorestriction analysis and expression of potential virulence traits." JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, (2001) 39/2 (445-453)., XP000992120DATABASE EMBL [Online] STREPT. PNEUMONIAE GENOME FRAG. SEQ ID: 21 23 October 1998 (1998-10-23), NO:21: retrieved from EBI Database accession no. AAV52154DATABASE EMBL [Online] S. PNEUMONIAE FOLC PROTEIN SEQUENCE 16 June 1999 (1999-06-16), retrieved from EBI Database accession no. AAY05071SMITH, Hilda, ElizabethGolfpark 98NL-8241 AG LelystadNLStichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek02689042P53842EP10Costerweg 506701 BH WageningenNLPrins, Adrianus Willemet al00020903Vereenigde P.O.Box 879302508 DH Den HaagNLATBECHCYDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSETRNL200100080520011106enWO200203859720020516200220