Mutation of rpoS gene decreased resistance to environmental stresses, synthesis of extracellular products and virulence of Vibrio anguillarum

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Ma, Li ^a   Chen, Jixiang ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Xiao Hua ^a   Jiang, Ying An ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental stresses; RpoS mutant; Vibrio anguillarum; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CATALASE; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; RECOMBINATION; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOS GENE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 70349876731     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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