Membrane transport systems and the biodegradation potential and pathogenicity of genus Rhodococcus

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 APR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  de Carvalho, Carla C C R ^a   Costa, Sofia S ^b,c   Fernandes, Pedro ^a   Couto, Isabel ^b,c   Viveiros, Miguel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Efflux inhibitors; Efflux pumps; Rhodococci; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARABINOGALACTAN; BIOCIDE; MYCOLIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOENERGY; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; COVALENT BOND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84901008267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00133     Document Type: Review

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