Role of colanic acid polysaccharide in serum resistance in vivo and in adherence

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 383-389

  Lopez Torres, Arleen J ^a,b   Stout, Valerie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ADHESION; ENCAPSULATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RATS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 0029908347     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900132     Document Type: Article

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