Thin aggregative fimbriae enhance Salmonella enteritidis biofilm formation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-301

  Austin, John W ^a   Sanders, Greg ^a   Kay, William W ^b   Collinson, S Karen ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilom; Food industry; Salmonella; SEF14; SEF17; Thin aggregative fimbriae; Type I fimbriae (SEF21)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; FIMBRIA; FOOD INDUSTRY; MUTANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0032525168     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00137-2     Document Type: Article

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