Environmental factors that affect the survival and persistence of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6865-6875

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a   Sagripanti, Jose Luis ^b,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^c APG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYMYRISTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORINE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RUBBER; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROORGANISM; PERSISTENCE; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASSAVA; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INOCULATION; LEGUME; LIQUID CULTURE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; RICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ENVIRONMENT; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 33751016678     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01036-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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