Nutrient-dependent, rapid transition of Vibrio cholerae to coccoid morphology and expression of the toxin co-regulated pilus in this form

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2942-2953

  Krebs, Shelly J ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; CHOLERA TOXIN; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

COCCOIDEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 80053459054     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.048561-0     Document Type: Article

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