Starvation- and stationary-phase-induced resistance to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B in Salmonella typhimurium is RpoS (σ(S)) independent and occurs through both phoP-dependent and -independent pathways

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3683-3688

  McLeod, Genevieve I ^a   Spector, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYMYXIN B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROSS RESISTANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE LOCUS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029889960     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3683-3688.1996     Document Type: Article

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