Morphological and physical characterization of the capsular layer of Vibrio cholerae O139

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Meno, Yuko ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^c   Mekalanos, John J ^c   Amako, Kazunobu ^b  

^a Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution technique; Lipopolysaccharide; V. cholerae O139

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031717260     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050651     Document Type: Article

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