Iron, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and cystic fibrosis

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 516-

  Reid, David W ^a   Kirov, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON DEPLETION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1642354175     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26804-0     Document Type: Note

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