Correlation of acetate catabolism and growth yield in Staphylococcus aureus: Implications for host-pathogen interactions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4724-4732

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Saïd Salim, Battouli ^b   Wickman, Jaala M ^a   Raffel, Sandra J ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Musser, James M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; GLUCOSE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETIC ACID; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0041744003     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4724-4732.2003     Document Type: Article

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