Environmental determinants of Vibrio cholerae biofilm development

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5079-5088

  Kierek, Katharine ^a   Watnick, Paula I ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SURFACE ATTACHMENT;

BACTERIOLOGY;

FRESH WATER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA WATER;

BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VPS GENE;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; SEAWATER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0141593684     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5079-5088.2003     Document Type: Article

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