Fitness cost of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by way of continuous culture

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1497-1499

  Lee, Sui Mae ^a   Ender, Miriam ^b   Adhikari, Rajan ^a,b   Smith, John M B ^a   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^b   Cook, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GENE CASSETTE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247097338     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01239-06     Document Type: Article

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