Autolysis and cell wall degradation in a choline-independent strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-400

  Severin, Anatoly ^a   Horne, Diane ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031415231     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.391     Document Type: Article

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