Preliminary characterization of chemically generated Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis cell wall deficient forms (Spheroplasts)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-258

  Hines II, Murray E ^a   Styer, Eloise L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall deficient forms; Chemotype profile; Crohn's disease; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Spheroplasts

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SARCOIDOSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0142028971     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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