Antimicrobial tolerance of pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is activated during an early developmental stage and requires the two-component hybrid sagS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4975-4987

  Gupta, Kajal ^a   Marques, Cláudia N H ^a   Petrova, Olga E ^a   Sauer, Karin ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRLR PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NORFLOXACIN; SAGS PROTEIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THICKNESS; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, MDR; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84886045100     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00732-13     Document Type: Article

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