Molecular analysis of shower curtain biofilm microbes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4187-4192

  Kelley, Scott T ^a   Theisen, Ulrike ^b   Angenent, Largus T ^c   St Amand, Allison ^b   Pace, Norman R ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL BIOFILMS; PATHOGENS;

BIOFILMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; GENES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RIBOSOME RNA; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSEHOLD; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RNA GENE; SHOWER CURTAIN; SPHINGOMONAS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 3242784255     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4187-4192.2004     Document Type: Article

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