Nonencapsulated Neisseria meningitidis strain produces amylopectin from sucrose: Altering the concept for differentiation between N. meningitidis and N. polysaccharea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Zhu, Peixuan ^a   Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Tsai, Chao Ming ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA;

EID: 0037236476     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.273-278.2003     Document Type: Article

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