Extracellular products as mediators of the formation and detachment of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Allison, David G ^a   Ruiz, Begoña ^b   Sanjose, Carmen ^b   Jaspe, Almudena ^b   Gilbert, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Homoserine lactone; Surface attachment; Surface detachment

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LYASE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0031756514     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00386-3     Document Type: Article

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