Chemotactic behavior of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Leptospira species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8467-8469

  Lambert, Ambroise ^a,b   Takahashi, Naoko ^c,d   Charon, Nyles W ^c   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVATES; REAL-TIME PCR; TWEEN 80; VITAMIN B;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GLUCOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

AMINO ACID; ATTRACTANT; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMOTAXIS; LEPTOSPIRA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; LEPTOSPIRA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84870827002     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02288-12     Document Type: Article

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