rpoS regulation of acid, heat, and salt tolerance in Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1822-1824

  Cheville, A M ^a   Arnold, K W ^a   Buchrieser, C ^a   Cheng, C M ^a   Kaspar, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029882470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1822-1824.1996     Document Type: Article

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