Cell envelope components contributing to biofilm growth and survival of Pseudomonas putida in low-water-content habitats

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 735-750

  Van De Mortel, Martijn ^a   Halverson, Larry J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESICCATION; ENERGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 2442517356     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04008.x     Document Type: Article

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