Cell density dependent acid sensitivity in stationary phase cultures of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 289-295

  Datta, Atin R ^a   Benjamin, Melissa M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid sensitivity; Cell density; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0032709223     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00532-7     Document Type: Article

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