Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilms containing free mycolic acids and harbouring drug-tolerant bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-174

  Ojha, Anil K ^a   Baughn, Anthony D ^b   Sambandan, Dhinakaran ^b   Hsu, Tsungda ^b   Trivelli, Xavier ^c   Guerardel, Yann ^c   Alahari, Anuradha ^d   Kremer, Laurent ^d   Jacobs Jr , William R ^b   Hatfull, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; LIPIDS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PLANKTON; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZINC;

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 45149110879     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06274.x     Document Type: Article

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