Selection and partial characterization of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa mono- rhamnolipid deficient mutant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Wild, Marina ^a   Caro, Alma Delia ^a   Hernández, Ana Lilia ^a   Miller, Raina M ^b   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhamnolipid; rhl gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DECANOATES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030805806     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00251-6     Document Type: Article

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