Metabolic activities of metronidazole-sensitive and -resistant strains of Helicobacter pylori: Repression of pyruvate oxidoreductase and expression of isocitrate lyase activity correlate with resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4822-4829

  Hoffman, Paul S ^a,b   Goodwin, Avery ^a   Johnsen, Jon ^a   Magee, Kirk ^a   Van Zanten, Sander J O Veldhuyzen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLVIOLOGEN; ISOCITRATE LYASE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE OXIDASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0029741586     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4822-4829.1996     Document Type: Article

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