Rapid Screening Method for Mycobactericidal Activity of Chemical Germicides That Uses Mycobacterium terrae Expressing a Green Fluorescent Protein Gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1239-1245

  Zafer, Ahmed A ^a   Taylor, Yvonne E ^a   Sattar, Syed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHENOL; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GLUTARAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; PHENOL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035286748     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1239-1245.2001     Document Type: Article

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