Alteration of the rugose phenotype in waaG and ddhC mutants of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium DT104 is associated with inverse production of curli and cellulose

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 5002-5012

  Anriany, Yuda ^a   Sahu, Surashri N ^a   Wessels, Kimberly R ^a   McCann, Lindsay M ^a   Joseph, Sam W ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; CELLULOSE; GENES; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CELL AGGREGATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS); RUGOSE PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM DT104;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN CURLI; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; DDHC GENE; DELETION MUTANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAAG GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

AGFA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33746054546     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02868-05     Document Type: Article

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