Acid pre-adaptation enhances virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium dam mutant

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 358-362

  Abdelwaheb, C ^a   Ahmed, L ^a  

^a 03/UR/0902   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acid adaptation; Dam mutation; Salmonella; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION; LD 50; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPLEEN;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MICE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67649225526     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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