Characterization of a transposon-induced pleiotropic metronidazole resistant mutant of Clostridium acetobutylicum P262

Bibliography: leaves [168]-207. === Metronidazole is a pro-drug which must be reduced to elicit a bactericidal effect. In the clostridia, some of the electron transport proteins that provide the source of electrons for the reductive activation of metronidazole play a key role in electron distributio...

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Main Author: Collett, Helen Jeanne
Other Authors: Reid, Sharon J
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9243