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SUBMITTER: Cardona ST
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1448982 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cardona Silvia T ST Mueller Carmen L CL Valvano Miguel A MA
Applied and environmental microbiology 20060401 4
Scanning of bacterial genomes to identify essential genes is of biological interest, for understanding the basic functions required for life, and of practical interest, for the identification of novel targets for new antimicrobial therapies. In particular, the lack of efficacious antimicrobial treatments for infections caused by the Burkholderia cepacia complex is causing high morbidity and mortality of cystic fibrosis patients and of patients with nosocomial infections. Here, we present a metho ...[more]