Composition of the outgrowth medium modulates wake-up kinetics and ampicillin sensitivity of stringent and relaxed Escherichia coli

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Varik, Vallo ^a,b   Oliveira, Sofia Raquel Alves ^a   Hauryliuk, Vasili ^a,b   Tenson, Tanel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MUTATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84978164829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22308     Document Type: Article

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