Role of alginate and its O acetylation in formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa microcolonies and biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1047-1057

  Nivens, D E ^a   Ohman, D E ^a   Williams, J ^a   Franklin, M J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALGINATES; BIOFILMS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

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

EID: 0035152936     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.3.1047-1057.2001     Document Type: Article

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