Alginate production affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development and architecture, but is not essential for biofilm formation

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 679-690

  Stapper, Andres Plata ^a   Narasimhan, Giri ^b   Ohman, Dennis E ^c   Barakat, Johnny ^a   Hentzer, Morten ^d   Molin, Søren ^d   Kharazmi, Arsalan ^e   Høiby, Niels ^e   Mathee, Kalai ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGINATES; BIOFILMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 3142746645     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45539-0     Document Type: Article

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