Streptococcus gordonii biofilm formation: Identification of genes that code for biofilm phenotypes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1374-1382

  Loo, C Y ^a   Corliss, D A ^a   Ganeshkumar, N ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYSTYRENE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE ISOLATION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSTYRENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0033965303     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1374-1382.2000     Document Type: Article

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