Isolation and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus starvation-induced, stationary-phase mutants defective in survival or recovery

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3159-3169

  Watson, Sean P ^a   Antonio, Martin ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insertional mutagenesis; Recovery; Staphylococcus aureus; Starvation survival; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031792699     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3159     Document Type: Article

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