Response of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm community to DNA-damaging chemical agents

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Elasri, Mohamed O ^a   Reid, Tricia ^b   Hutchens, Steven ^a   Miller, Robert V ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; DNA damaging chemical; Lux operon; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; recA; SOS regulon

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARSENIC ACID; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZENE; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ETHER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PHTHALIC ACID; PSORALEN; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISHERI;

EID: 0033915317     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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