Isolation of an Escherichia coli strain mutant unable to form biofilm on polystyrene and to adhere to human pneumocyte cells: Involvement of tryptophanase

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 132-137

  Di Martino, Patrick ^a   Merieau, A ^a   Phillips, R ^a   Orange, N ^a   Hulen, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

A549 cells; Adherence; Biofilm; Escherichia coli; Fibronectin; Tryptophanase

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; ENZYMES; MONOLAYERS; MUTAGENESIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYSTYRENES;

COLONIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FIBRONECTIN; POLYSTYRENE; TRYPTOPHANASE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYSTYRENES; TRYPTOPHANASE;

EID: 0036009525     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-001     Document Type: Article

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