Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus mutants expressing reduced susceptibility to common house-cleaners

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 364-372

  Davis, A O ^a   O'Leary, J O ^a   Muthaiyan, A ^b   Langevin, M J ^a   Delgado, A ^a   Abalos, A T ^a   Fajardo, A R ^a   Marek, J ^a   Wilkinson, B J ^b   Gustafson, J E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; House cleaners; Reduced susceptibility; sigB; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANTIBACTERIALS; HOUSE CLEANER; METHICILLIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REDUCED SUSCEPTIBILITY; S. AUREUS; SIGB; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

HOUSES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CAROTENOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXACILLIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR SIGB; SIGMA FACTOR SIGB OPERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMETER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 19944431687     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02460.x     Document Type: Article

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