High-frequency conjugation system facilitates biofilm formation and pAMβ1 transmission by Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2970-2978

  Luo, Hongliang ^a   Wan, Kai ^a   Wang, Hua H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROTEINS;

BIOFILM FORMATION; CONJUGATION SYSTEMS; DONOR STRAINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

BACTERIA;

BIOFILM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONJUGATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAMBETA1 GENE; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; F FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NISIN; PLASMIDS;

LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCI LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 20444374406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2970-2978.2005     Document Type: Article

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