Phase-variable surface structures are required for infection of Campylobacter jejuni by bacteriophages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4638-4647

  Coward, Chris ^a   Grant, Andrew J ^a   Swift, Craig ^b   Philp, Jennifer ^a   Towler, Rebecca ^a   Heydarian, Mohammad ^a   Frost, Jennifer A ^c   Maskell, Duncan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (CPS); PHAGE-TYPE STRAINS; SPONTANEOUS MUTANTS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SCREENING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPOSON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33746104102     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00184-06     Document Type: Article

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