Growth Characteristics of Bartonella henselae in a Novel Liquid Medium: Primary Isolation, Growth-Phase-Dependent Phage Induction, and Metabolic Studies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 656-663

  Chenoweth, M R ^a,b   Somerville, G A ^a   Krause, D C ^b   O'Reilly, K L ^c   Gherardini, F C ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIONS; ZOONOTIC PATHOGENS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISEASES; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGES; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CULTURE MEDIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2342525868     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.656-663.2004     Document Type: Article

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