Survival of Streptococcus pyogenes under stress and starvation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Trainor, Vernon C ^a   Udy, Richard K ^a   Bremer, Philip J ^b   Cook, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Group A streptococci; Oxidative stress; Starvation; Stationary phase; Viable but non culturable

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN; PARAQUAT; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHATE; RHODAMINE 123;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBON; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0033055579     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00267-0     Document Type: Article

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