Biofilm formation by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1964-1970

  Greiner, L L ^a   Edwards, J L ^a,b   Shao, J ^a   Rabinak, C ^a   Entz, D ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; LACTOSAMINE; LACTOSE; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYLLACTOSAMINE; SODIUM NITRITE; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAACKIA; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 16244384159     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.1964-1970.2005     Document Type: Article

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