Quorum-sensing mutations affect attachment and stability of Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5208-5218

  Tomlin, Kerry L ^a,c   Malott, Rebecca J ^b   Ramage, Gordon ^a,d   Storey, Douglas G ^a   Sokol, Pamela A ^b   Ceri, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILM STABILITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCAPACIA; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUORUM-SENSING MUTATIONS;

BIOFILMS;

ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CCII GENE; CCIR GENE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CEPI GENE; CEPIR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA;

EID: 25144518859     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5208-5218.2005     Document Type: Article

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