Mycobacterium avium ssp. hominissuis biofilm is composed of distinct phenotypes and influenced by the presence of antimicrobials

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 697-703

  Mcnabe, M ^a   Tennant, R ^a   Danelishvili, L ^a   Young, L ^b   Bermudez, L E ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biofilm; Gene expression; M. avium

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESSILE SPECIES; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 79955446864     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03307.x     Document Type: Article

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