Biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa wild type, flagella and type IV pili mutants

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1511-1524

  Klausen, Mikkel ^a   Heydorn, Arne ^b   Ragas, Paula ^a   Lambertsen, Lotte ^a   Aaes Jørgensen, Anders ^a   Molin, Søren ^a   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SELECTION; CLONE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; CITRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOFTWARE;

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

EID: 0038375994     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03525.x     Document Type: Article

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