Steps in the development of a Vibrio cholerae El Tor biofilm

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 586-595

  Watnick, Paula I ^a,b   Kolter, Roberto ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032723826     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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