Acinetobacter baumannii Utilizes a Type VI Secretion System for Bacterial Competition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Carruthers, Michael D ^a   Nicholson, Paul A ^a   Tracy, Erin N ^a   Munson, Robert S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; HCP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HCP GENE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TSSB GENE; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

EID: 84875119687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059388     Document Type: Article

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