A study of the coccoid form and the autolysins of <i>Campylobacter upsaliensis</i>

Conversion of <i>Campylobacter upsaliensis</i> to the nonculturable but viable coccoid form was characterized. Chloramphenicol did not prevent the conversion. Severe decreases in isocitrate dehydrogenase activity and oxygen uptake and extensive degradation of ribosomal RNA suggest that t...

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Main Author: Santiwatanakul, Somchai
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30509
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-41298-195019/