A snapshot of a pathogenic bacterium mid-evolution: Neisseria meningitidis is becoming a nitric oxide-tolerant aerobe

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1890-1894

  Moir, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aniA; Biofilm; Branched respiratory chain; Denitrification; Neisseria meningitidis; Nitrite reductase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOSULFATE;

AEROBE; ANAEROBE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CATALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; HABITAT; HOST; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; METABOLISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITRIC OXIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 81855212383     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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