Persistence of Streptococcus pyogenes in stationary-phase cultures

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3319-3328

  Wood, Daniel N ^a   Chaussee, Michelle A ^b   Chaussee, Michael S ^b   Buttaro, Bettina A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOME; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 18244390233     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.10.3319-3328.2005     Document Type: Article

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