Establishment of a method to rapidly assay bacterial persister metabolism

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4398-4409

  Orman, Mehmet A ^a   Brynildsen, Mark P ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PERSISTER; BACTERIUM; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84882362714     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00372-13     Document Type: Article

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