Comparative Genome Analysis of Enterobacter cloacae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Wing Yee ^a   Wong, Chi Fat ^a   Chung, Karl Ming Kar ^a   Jiang, Jing Wei ^a,b   Leung, Frederick Chi Ching ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FIMBRIA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED GENE;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CHITINASE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84884188313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074487     Document Type: Article

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