Formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae non-phase-variable colony variants is due to increased mutation frequency present under biofilm growth conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6330-6339

  Allegrucci, Magee ^a   Sauer, Karin ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; CATALASE; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE; THIOSULFATES; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 52649112186     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00707-08     Document Type: Article

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