PpGpp accumulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens subjected to nutrient limitation and biocide exposure

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 298-302

  Greenway, D L A ^a   England, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PS. AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STRINGENTS; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS; WHOLE CELL EXTRACTS;

BIOCIDES;

ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STARVATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0033451291     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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