Chaining in enterococci revisited: Correlation between chain length and gelatinase phenotype, and gelE and fsrB genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 286-288

  Arias, Cesar A ^a,b   Cortes, Leonardo ^b   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FSRB GENE; GELE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GELATINASES; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33847191790     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46877-0     Document Type: Letter

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