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Project

Transcriptome analysis of persister cells in Burkholderia cepacia complex biofilms

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

3F000109

Duration

01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Tom Coenye

Fellow

Heleen Van Acker

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Laboratory medicine
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology

Keywords

persisters Burkholderia biofilm

Project description

The goal of this project is to gain a better insight in the molecular mechanisms responsible for antimicrobial resistance in Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in planktonic and sessile cells. To this end we will carry out a full transcriptome analysis, using microarrays and qPCR

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