Autolysis of Listeria monocytogenes

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-152

  Popowska, Magdalena ^a   Kłoszewska, Małgorzata ^b   Górecka, Sylwia ^b   Markiewicz, Zdzisław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALORIDINE; CYCLOSERINE; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; IMIPENEM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; NISIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYCATION; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRITON X 100; TROMETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OSMOTIC STRESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL WALL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NISIN; OCTOXYNOL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROMETHAMINE;

EID: 0032863363     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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