Escherichia coli F-18 and E. coli K-12 eda mutants do not colonize the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3504-3511

  Sweeney, Neal J ^a,b   Laux, David C ^a   Cohen, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MUTANT; COLON MUCOSA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; INSERTIONAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029842584     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3504-3511.1996     Document Type: Article

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