Flagella modulate the multicellular behavior of Salmonella typhimurium on the community level

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-102

  Römling, Ute ^a   Rohde, Manfred ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Development and structure; Microscopy; Pellicle; Rdar morphotype; Thin aggregative fimbrium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENVIRONMENT; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0344199406     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00469-3     Document Type: Article

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