Swarming populations of Salmonella represent a unique physiological state coupled to multiple mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

Biological Procedures Online

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Kim, Wook ^a   Surette, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Physiological processes; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; KANAMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0347930793     PISSN: 14809222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1251/bpo61     Document Type: Article

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