Global expression profile of biofilm resistance to antimicrobial compounds in the plant-pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa reveals evidence of persister cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4561-4569

  Muranaka, Lígia S ^a,b   Takita, Marco A ^a   Olivato, Jacqueline C ^a   Kishi, Luciano T ^a   de Souza, Alessandra A ^a  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COPPER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; TETRACYCLINE; XYLELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; MAMMALIA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84866323496     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00436-12     Document Type: Article

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