Bacillus subtilis α-phosphoglucomutase is required for normal cell morphology and biofilm formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Lazarevic, Vladimir ^a   Soldo, Blazenka ^a   Médico, Noël ^a   Pooley, Harold ^a   Bron, Sierd ^b   Karamata, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; GENES; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM FORMATION; GLYCOLIPIDS; MUTATIONS;

ENZYMES;

ALPHA PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; CELL EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPID; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACKCROSSING; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GTAC GENE; GTAE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PGCA GENE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 12244297123     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.39-45.2005     Document Type: Article

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