Competence for natural genetic transformation in the Streptococcus bovis Group streptococci S. infantarius and S. macedonicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2612-2620

  Morrison, Donald A ^a   Guédon, Eric ^b   Renaultc, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; COMS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; REGULON; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84877975330     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00230-13     Document Type: Article

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