Variation of the natural transformation frequency of Campylobacter jejuni in liquid shake culture

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3603-3615

  Wilson, David L ^a   Bell, Julia A ^a   Young, Vincent B ^a,b   Wilder, Stacey R ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a   Linz, John E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0346252342     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26531-0     Document Type: Article

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