Biofilm formation at the air-liquid interface by the Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 wrinkly spreader requires an acetylated form of cellulose

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-27

  Spiers, Andrew J ^a   Bohannon, John ^a   Gehrig, Stefanie M ^a   Rainey, Paul B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CELLULOSE; ENZYME; POLYMER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLID STATE; VARIANCE;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CONGO RED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

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

EID: 0141484352     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03670.x     Document Type: Article

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