Susceptibility of Rickettsia monacensis and Rickettsia peacockii to cecropin A, ceratotoxin A, and lysozyme

Current Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; CERATOTOXIN A; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; SYMBIOSIS; TICK;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMIDASE; RICKETTSIA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII;

EID: 26444488653     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-4532-7     Document Type: Article

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