Oxygen depletion induced dormancy in Mycobacterium smegmatis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Dick, Thomas ^a   Lee, Boon Heng ^a   Murugasu Oei, Bernadette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Dormancy; Mycobacterium smegmatis

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA SYNTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOBACTERIUM; OFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032526681     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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