Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responding plasmid pAD1 gives rise to an aggregation (Clumping) response when cells are exposed to subinhibitory concentrations of chloramphenicol, erythromycin, or tetracycline

Plasmid

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-88

  Wu, Keping ^a   An, Florence Y ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; SEX PHEROMONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL AGGREGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032945435     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1998.1373     Document Type: Article

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