The chromosomal toxin gene yafQ is a determinant of multidrug tolerance for Escherichia coli growing in a biofilm

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2253-2258

  Harrison, Joe J ^a,b   Wade, William D ^a   Akierman, Sarah ^a   Vacchi Suzzi, Caterina ^a   Stremick, Carol A ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITOXIN; CEFAZOLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; YAFQ GENE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLANKTON;

EID: 67049145664     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00043-09     Document Type: Article

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