Common duckweed (Lemna minor) is a versatile high-throughput infection model for the Burkholderia cepacia complex and other pathogenic bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Thomson, Euan L S ^a   Dennis, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISG GENE; LD 50; LEMNA MINOR; LYSR GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT MODEL; POINT MUTATION; SUHB BC GENE;

ARACEAE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84892383703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080102     Document Type: Article

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