In vitro serial passage of Staphylococcus aureus: Changes in physiology, virulence factor production, and agr nucleotide sequence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1430-1437

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Beres, Stephen B ^a   Fitzgerald, J Ross ^a   DeLeo, Frank R ^a   Cole, Robert L ^a   Hoff, Jessica S ^a   Musser, James M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; SPACER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

AGRA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036175120     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.5.1430-1437.2002     Document Type: Article

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