Statistical analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development: Impact of mutations in genes involved in twitching motility, cell-to-cell signaling, and stationary-phase sigma factor expression

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2008-2017

  Heydorn, Arne ^a   Ersbøll, Bjarne ^a   Kato, Junichi ^a   Hentzer, Morten ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^a   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

TEMPORAL BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS;

SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; COLONY FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036208369     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.4.2008-2017.2002     Document Type: Article

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