Degradation studies on Escherichia coli capsular polysaccharides by bacteriophages

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-110

  Nimmich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Depolymerase enzyme; Escherichia coli; K specific bacteriophage

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030801493     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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