Functional heterogeneity of RpoS in stress tolerance of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4978-4986

  Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a   Tan, Jasmine ^a,d   Sharma, Manan ^a   Kothary, Mahendra ^b   Low, Sharon ^a,d   Tall, Ben D ^b   Bhagwat, Medha ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; ACIDS; ALKALINITY; BIOASSAY; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS; FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY; GALACTOSIDASE ACTIVITY; STATIONARY-PHASE SIGMA FACTOR (RPOS);

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PATHOGEN; TOLERANCE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL SURVIVAL; COMMENSALISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O111; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; STOMACH; STRESS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746064095     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02842-05     Document Type: Article

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