RpoS-dependent stress tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 835-844

  Jørgensen, Frieda ^c   Bally, Marc ^a   Chapon Herve, Virginie ^a   Michel, Gerard ^a   Lazdunski, Andrée ^a   Williams, Paul ^b   Stewart, G S A B ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; RpoS; Stationary phase; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPEROSMOLARITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURVIVAL;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032957489     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-835     Document Type: Article

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