Isolation of polymyxin B-susceptible mutants of Burkholderia pseudomallei and molecular characterization of genetic loci involved in polymyxin B resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2648-2656

  Burtnick, Mary N ^a   Woods, Donald E ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMYXIN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032705995     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2648     Document Type: Article

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