Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis are more resistant to bactericidal cationic peptides than Yersinia enterocolitica

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1509-1515

  Bengoechea, José Antonio ^a,b   Lindner, Buko ^b   Seydel, Ulrich ^b   Díaz, Ramón ^a   Moriyón, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Polycations; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DANSYLCADAVERINE; LYSOZYME; NOVOBIOCIN; PEPTIDE; POLYMYXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031780049     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1509     Document Type: Article

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