Plasmid maintenance renders bacteria more susceptible to heat stress

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 467-469

  Sato, Takako ^a,b   Kuramitsu, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Plasmids; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031840072     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02310.x     Document Type: Article

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