Complementation of methionine auxotrophs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 190-195

  Barth, Afonso L ^a,b   Woodford, Neil ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031951946     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900292     Document Type: Article

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