Population Diversification in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms May Promote Dissemination and Persistence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Savage, Victoria J ^a   Chopra, Ian ^a   O'Neill, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATORY SYSTEM GENE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYSIS; LARGE PALE VARIANT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONPIGMENTED COLONY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOFILMS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876957634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062513     Document Type: Article

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