Characterization of colony morphology variants isolated from Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2030-2038

  Allegrucci, Magee ^a   Sauer, Karin ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33947431650     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01369-06     Document Type: Article

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