Differential expression of nonagglutinating fimbriae and mr/p pili in swarming colonies of proteus mirabilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3220-3225

  Latta, Roger K ^a   Grondin, Annic ^a   Jarrell, Harold C ^a   Nicholls, G Rod ^a   Bérubé, Luc R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0032914707     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3220-3225.1999     Document Type: Article

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