Cell wall chemical composition of Enterococcus faecalis in the viable but nonculturable state

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1953-1959

  Signoretto, Caterina ^a   Lleò, Maria Del Mar ^a   Tafi, Maria Carla ^a   Canepari, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; LYSOZYME; OLIGOMER; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICHOIC ACID; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROSS LINKING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MURAMIDASE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0343238876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.5.1953-1959.2000     Document Type: Article

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