Enhanced pathogenicity of Fusobacterium nucleatum adapted to oxidative stress

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 131-138

  Silva, Vania L ^a   Diniz, Claudio G ^a   Cara, Denise C ^a   Santos, Simone G ^a   Nicoli, Jacques R ^a   Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora R ^a   Farias, Luiz M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium nucleatum; Morphology; Oxidative stress; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 26244440769     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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