Typing of Yersinia pestis isolates from the state of Ceará, Brazil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 543-547

  Cavalcanti, Y V N ^a   Leal, N C ^b   De Almeida, Alzira M P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES;

AGAR PLATES; ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS; CONGO RED; DRUG PROFILING; GENOTYPIC CHANGE; PHENOTYPIC CHANGES; PROTEIN PROFILING; Y. PESTIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

MAMMALS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CONGO RED; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PIGMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLEA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLAGUE; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; FLEAS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0036356343     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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