Salmonella typhimurium
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Salmonella typhimurium
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Domain; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae
Species
Salmonella typhimurium
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Synonyms: Salmonella choleraesuis serotype typhimurium; Salmonella typhi-murium; Bacillus typhimurium; Salmonella typhi-murium |
Description and significance
Habitat: Intestinal lumen, pond, stomach
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Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
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Pathology
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Application to Biotechnology
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Current Research
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References
FOSTER, JOHN W., and HOLLY K. HALL. "Adaptive Acidification Tolerance Response of Salmonella typhimurium." Journal of Bacteriology 2.0021-9193/90/020771-08$02.00/0 (Feb. 1990): 771-778. Journal of Bacteriology. May 2007. The American Society for Microbiology. 3 May 2007 <http://jb.highwire.org/cgi/reprint/172/2/771>.
"Salmonella typhimurium." Taxonomy Browser. Ed. Joe Bischoff, et al. 10 Jan. 2007. NCBI. 3 May 2007 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=602&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock>.
Vivek Bajaj, Robin L Lucas, Clara Hwang, Catherine A Lee (1996) Co-ordinate regulation of Salmonella typhimurium invasion genes by environmental and regulatory factors is mediated by control of hilA expression Molecular Microbiology 22 (4), 703–714. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1718.x
Edited by Janela Aitchison student of Dr. Rachel Larsen and Dr. Kit Pogliano
