Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a biofilm-forming Serratia plymuthica isolate from a raw vegetable processing line

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-272

  Van Houdt, Rob ^a   Moons, Pieter ^a   Jansen, An ^a   Vanoirbeek, Kristof ^a   Michiels, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

gyrB; Identification natural isolate; N Acyl L homoserine lactone; Phylogeny; Quorum sensing; Serratia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA; VEGETABLE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DNA GYRASE; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERRATIA; VEGETABLES;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

EID: 19444383782     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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