A mutation in the luxS gene influences Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 5653-5658

  Sela, Shlomo ^a,b   Frank, Shmulik ^a   Belausov, Eddy ^b   Pinto, Riky ^a  

^a Microbial Food Safety Research Unit   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS;

FUNCTIONAL AUTOINDUCER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHENOTYPES; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA;

GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CYTOGENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUXS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33747345414     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00048-06     Document Type: Article

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