Involvement of bacterial migration in the development of complex multicellular structures in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Klausen, Mikkel ^a   Aaes Jørgensen, Anders ^a   Molin, Søren ^a   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOVEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

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

EID: 0141818949     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03677.x     Document Type: Article

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