A rapid screening procedure to identify mini-Tn10 insertion mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with altered adhesion properties

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-30

  Genevaux, Pierre ^a   Muller, Stephane ^a   Bauda, Pascale ^a  

^a Ctr des Sciences de l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion assay; Attachment; Bacterial adhesion; Escherichia coli; Inanimate surface; Mini Tn10 transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030586757     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00237-6     Document Type: Article

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