Emergence of biofilm-forming subpopulations upon exposure of Escherichia coli to environmental bacteriophages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 956-959

  Lacqua, Andrea ^a,b   Wanner, Oskar ^b   Colangelo, Teresa ^b   Martinotti, Maria Giovanna ^a   Landini, Paolo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DERIVATIVES; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

BIOFILM FORMATION; DPS PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHAGE-TOLERANT STRAIN;

BIOFILMS;

CHLOROFORM; DPS PROTEIN; FERRITIN; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN X; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DPS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMBRILLIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DPS GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMA GENE; FIMBRIA; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LIQUID CULTURE; LYSOGENIZATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COLIPHAGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLIPHAGES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SEWAGE;

EID: 33644859833     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.956-959.2006     Document Type: Article

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