Production of cellulose and curli fimbriae by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4151-4158

  Zogaj, Xhavit ^a,b   Bokranz, Werner ^b   Nimtz, Manfred ^b   Römling, Ute ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0038309658     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4151-4158.2003     Document Type: Article

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