Polyphosphate stores enhance the ability of Vibrio cholerae to overcome environmental stresses in a low-phosphate environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 7043-7049

  Jahid, Iqbal K ^a   Silva, Anisia J ^a   Benitez, Jorge A ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PHOSPHORUS-LIMITING CONDITIONS;

BACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATALASE; CHOLERA TOXIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHOSPHATE GROUP; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PPK GENE; STRESS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHOLERA; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33750970871     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00924-06     Document Type: Article

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