Temperature-regulated formation of mycelial mat-like biofilms by Legionella pneumophila

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1613-1622

  Piao, Zhenyu ^a   Sze, Chun Chau ^a,b   Barysheva, Oksana ^a   Iida, Ken Ichiro ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASERS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PLANKTONIC CELLS; STATIC CULTURES;

BIOFILMS;

GLASS; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE;

BIOFILM; MICROBIAL MAT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PLANKTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; REC A RECOMBINASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCELIUM (GENUS);

EID: 33144480717     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1613-1622.2006     Document Type: Article

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