Analysis of the effect of copper on the virulence of a pathogenic Edwardsiella tarda strain

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-103

  Hu, Y H ^a   Dang, W ^a,b   Liu, C S ^a,b   Sun, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Copper; Edwardsiella tarda; LuxS; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOFILM GROWTH; COPPER TREATMENT; GENES ENCODING; HAEMOLYSINS; HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE; MULTIPLE EFFECT; PCR ANALYSIS; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; SDS-PAGE ANALYSIS; SECRETION SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL; WHOLE-CELL PROTEIN;

COPPER;

COPPER SULFATE; HEMOLYSIN; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COPPER; ELECTROKINESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGENICITY; REAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRESS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA;

EID: 72149106824     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02761.x     Document Type: Article

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