Isolation and characterization of autolysin-defective mutants of Staphylococcus aureus that form cell packets

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 354-359

  Kaneda, Shunko ^a  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME DEFECT; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0030995309     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900195     Document Type: Article

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