Histidine auxotrophy in commensal and disease-causing nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4994-5001

  Juliao, Patricia C ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Xie, Jingping ^a,b   Gilsdorf, Janet R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Women's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPERON; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR, MIDDLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OPERON; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 34447536833     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00146-07     Document Type: Article

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