Erratum: Expanding the Genetic Toolbox for Leptospira Species by Generation of Fluorescent Bacteria (Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2010) 76: 24 (8135–8142) DOI: 10.1128/aem.02199-10);Expanding the genetic toolbox for leptospira species by generation of fluorescent bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8135-8142

  Aviat, Florence ^a   Slamti, Leyla ^a   Cerqueira, Gustavo M ^a,b   Lourdault, Kristel ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIAL SPECIES; EXPRESSION VECTORS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC BASIS; GENETIC TOOLS; GFP GENES; MICROPLATE READERS; MOLECULAR BASIS; PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS; PATHOGENICS;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 78650489387     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01764-23     Document Type: Erratum

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