Inactivation of MuxABC-OpmB Transporter System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Leads to Increased Ampicillin and Carbenicillin Resistance and Decreased Virulence

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Yang, Liang ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Shen, Lixin ^a   Surette, Michael ^b   Duan, Kangmin ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactam Resistance; MuxABC OpmB; P. Aeruginosa; Twitching motility; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA RAPA; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BRASSICA RAPA; CARBENICILLIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79952204015     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0186-2     Document Type: Article

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