Multiple deletions of the osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu, and OpuC of Listeria monocytogenes affect virulence and growth at high osmolarity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4710-4716

  Wemekamp Kamphuis, Henrike H ^a   Wouters, Jeroen A ^a   Sleator, Roy D ^a   Gahan, Cormac G M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a   Abee, Tjakko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MICROORGANISMS; REDUCTION; STRESSES;

PATHOGENESIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; SOLUTE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036794806     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.4710-4716.2002     Document Type: Article

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