Generation and properties of a Streptococcus pneumoniae mutant which does not require choline or analogs for growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2093-2101

  Yother, Janet ^a,c   Leopold, Klaus ^b   White, Johanna ^a   Fischer, Werner ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN A; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031925094     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2093-2101.1998     Document Type: Article

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