Virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei does not correlate with biofilm formation

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Taweechaisupapong, Suwimol ^a   Kaewpa, Cherdchai ^b   Arunyanart, Channarong ^c   Kanla, Pipatphong ^c   Homchampa, Preecha ^a   Sirisinha, Stitaya ^d   Proungvitaya, Tanakorn ^a   Wongratanacheewin, Surasakdi ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Reg Off Communic Dis Contr 6   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofilm mutant; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Burkholderia thailandensis; Melioidosis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; LD 50; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 23944451558     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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