Expression of virulence factors by Staphylococcus aureus grown in Serum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8097-8105

  Oogai, Yuichi ^a   Matsuo, Miki ^a   Hashimoto, Masahito ^b   Kato, Fuminori ^c   Sugai, Motoyuki ^c   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALF SERUM; EXO-ENZYMES; IN-VITRO; IRON ACQUISITION; IRON DEPLETION; MAJOR FACTORS; REGULATORY FACTORS; S. AUREUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA; IRON; RNA;

BODY FLUIDS;

TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON; MUTATION; SERUM; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 83055180103     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05316-11     Document Type: Article

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