Cell surface hydrophobicity of sucrose fermenting and nonfermenting Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains evaluated by different methods

Current Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luiza ^a,b   Formiga, Luiz Carlos Duarte ^b   Andrade, Arnaldo Feitosa Braga ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; POLYSTYRENE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGGLUTINATION; ALKANES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DETERGENTS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HEAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; NEURAMINIDASE; SUCROSE; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0345472009     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006769     Document Type: Article

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