Conserved virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are required for killing Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 443-450

  Park, Shin Young ^a   Heo, Yun Jeong ^a   Choi, Young Seok ^a   Déziel, Eric ^b   Cho, You Hee ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Survival; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 27944485718     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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