Swarming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is dependent on cell-to-cell signaling and requires flagella and pili

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 5990-5996

  Kohler, T ^a   Curty, L K ^a   Barja, F ^a   Van Delden, C ^a   Pechere, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DECANOATES; DISACCHARIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PROLINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PILA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033758742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.21.5990-5996.2000     Document Type: Article

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