Positive correlation between in vivo and in vitro assays for the evaluation of Pseudomonas virulence

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 885-890

  Pimenta, Andréa L ^a   Di Martino, Patrick ^a   Blight, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adherence; Drosophila; In vivo and in vitro assays; Pseudomonas; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IRON; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33749536010     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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