Virulence of Leucobacter chromiireducens subsp. solipictus to Caenorhabditis elegans: Characterization of a novel host-pathogen interaction

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4185-4198

  Muir, Rachel E ^a   Tan, Man Wah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD PRESERVATION; STANDARDS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; C. ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FOOD SOURCES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE SPAN; NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEUROPEPTIDE; PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION;

TANNING;

NEUROPEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUCOBACTER CHROMIIREDUCENS SOLIPICTUS; LIFESPAN; LIPID STORAGE; METRITIS; NLP 29 GENE; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; UTERUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LEUCOBACTER CHROMIIREDUCENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 46949088951     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00381-08     Document Type: Article

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