Effect of reduced pH on inorganic polyphosphate accumulation by Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-623

  Moriarty, T F ^a   Mullan, A ^a   McGrath, J W ^a   Quinn, J P ^a   Elborn, J S ^a   Tunney, M M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia complex; Cystic fibrosis; pH; Polyphosphate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ACIDIC PH; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; INORGANIC POLYPHOSPHATE; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; PHOSPHATE UPTAKE; POLYPHOSPHATES; PULMONARY INFECTIONS;

CELL SIGNALING;

POLYPHOSPHATE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GENES; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PH EFFECTS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX;

EID: 33646859420     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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