Cooperation and virulence in acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

BMC Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Harrison, Freya ^a   Browning, Lucy E ^a,b   Vos, Michiel ^c   Buckling, Angus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH RATE; HOST; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOTHS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33746868365     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-21     Document Type: Article

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