Phenotypic diversification in vivo: Pseudomonas aeruginosa gacS- strains generate small colony variants in vivo that are distinct from in vitro variants

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3699-3709

  Nelson, Lisa K ^a   Stanton, M Mark ^a   Elphinstone, Robyn E A ^a   Helwerda, Janessa ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GACS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; MALE; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RATTUS; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 78650073552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.040824-0     Document Type: Article

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