Isolation from animal tissue and genetic transformation of Coxiella burnetii are facilitated by an improved axenic growth medium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3720-3725

  Omsland, Anders ^a   Beare, Paul A ^a   Hill, Joshua ^a,b   Cockrell, Diane C ^a   Howe, Dale ^a   Hansen, Bryan ^a   Samuel, James E ^b   Heinzen, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL-FREE; CLONAL POPULATION; CULTURE CONDITIONS; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; GENETIC TOOLS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; GENOME EQUIVALENT; GROWTH MEDIUM; MORPHOLOGICAL FORMS; PHASE I; PHASE II; TISSUE HOMOGENATES; TISSUE SAMPLES; TRANSFORMANTS; TRANSFORMATION FREQUENCY;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; MAMMALS; TISSUE;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DIAMETER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SERUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; CULTURE MEDIA; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; COXIELLA BURNETII; MUS;

EID: 79958246228     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02826-10     Document Type: Article

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