Response of Streptococcus suis to iron-restricted growth conditions at high and low oxygen availability

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 266-270

  Winterhoff, Nora ^a   Goethe, Ralph ^a   Gruening, Petra ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth; Iron; Oxygen; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYGEN; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; OXYGEN; SIDEROPHORES; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3342991077     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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