Pseudomonas aeruginosa GacA, a factor in multihost virulence, is also essential for biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1215-1226

  Parkins, Michael D ^a   Ceri, Howard ^a   Storey, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ALGINATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HOMOSERINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0034971666     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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