The role of motility as a virulence factor in bacteria

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 605-614

  Josenhans, Christine ^a,b   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; Flagella; Motility; Pathogenic bacteria; Type III secretion systems; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036221572     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00173     Document Type: Article

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