Oxygen depletion-induced dormancy in Mycobacterium bovis BCG

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2252-2256

  Lim, Amanda ^a   Eleuterio, Marianne ^a   Hutter, Bernd ^a   Murugasu Oei, Bernadette ^a   Dick, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BCG VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032911198     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2252-2256.1999     Document Type: Article

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