Estimation of growth rates of Escherichia coli BJ4 in streptomycin- treated and previously germfree mice by in situ rRNA hybridization

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 434-436

  Rang, Camilla U ^a   Licht, Tine Rask ^b,c   Midtvedt, Tore ^d   Conway, Patricia L ^e   Chao, Lin ^f   Krogfelt, Karen A ^c   Cohen, Paul S ^g   Molin, Søren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032955085     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.3.434-436.1999     Document Type: Article

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