Screening for highly active β-lactam antibiotics against Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-336

  Ogawa, Yoichi ^a   Mii, Masahiro ^b  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lactam antibiotics; Lactamase; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bactericidal activity; Bacteristatic activity

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CARUMONAM; CEFBUPERAZONE; CEFMINOX; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; FLOMOXEF; LATAMOXEF; MEROPENEM; MONAPEN; PIPERACILLIN; TICARCILLIN; TOMIPORAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 1842688350     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0650-z     Document Type: Article

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