The Biology of Staphylococci

Staphylococci in Human Disease: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-18

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Proctor, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid auxotrophies and TCA cycle; Amino acid requirements for staphylococcal growth; Biology of staphylococci; Biosynthetic intermediates and carbon catabolism; Group translocation phosphotransferase system (PTS); Pentaglycine bridge and three enzyme synthesis; Staphylococci facultative anaerobes; Staphylococci colonization; Staphylococci differentiation methods; Staphylococcus epidermidis permanently on skin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890663972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308464.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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