Heat resistance mediated by a new plasmid encoded Clp ATPase, ClpK, as a possible novel mechanism for nosocomial persistence of Klebsiella pneumoniae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bojer, Martin Saxtorph ^a   Struve, Carsten ^a   Ingmer, Hanne ^b   Hansen, Dennis Schrøder ^c,d   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 100; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT TOLERANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ADAPTATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLASMID;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

EID: 78649733702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015467     Document Type: Article

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