A genetic basis for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm antibiotic resistance

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 306-310

  Mah, Thien Fah ^a   Pitts, Betsey ^b   Pellock, Brett ^c,d   Walker, Graham C ^c   Stewart, Philip S ^b   O'Toole, George A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS;

PATHOGENS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE POLYMER; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

MEDICINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CYTOPLASM; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLUCANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

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

EID: 0344011974     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02122     Document Type: Article

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