A re-examination of twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2863-2873

  Semmler, Annalese B T ^a   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gliding motility; Pili; Surface translocation; Type IV fimbriae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; FIMBRIA; MICROSCOPY; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032850187     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2863     Document Type: Article

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