An Escherichia coli aer mutant exhibits a reduced ability to colonize the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-158

  Horne, Shelley M ^a   Mattson, Kayla R ^a   Prüszlig , Birgit M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aer; FlhD FlhC; Intestinal colonization; Sugar acid degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; MANNITOL; PROTEIN AER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLHC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLHD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLUCONATES; GLUCURONATES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MANNITOL; MICE; PLASMIDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58949101296     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9298-z     Document Type: Article

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