Phase variation in Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1188-1193

  Volgyi, Antonia ^a,b   Fodor, Andras ^b   Szentirmai, Attila ^c   Forst, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILUS;

EID: 0031967120     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1188-1193.1998     Document Type: Article

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