Flagellar and twitching motility are necessary for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-304

  O'Toole, George A ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLUM; GENE INSERTION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031724115     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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