Protease-induced multicell formation in Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 799-803

  Yabu, Kunihiko ^a   Nishiyama, Yayoi ^b   Ochiai, Toshiro ^a  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall lytic enzyme; Multicell; Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030708533     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01930.x     Document Type: Article

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