Two type IV pili of Vibrio parahaemolyticus play different roles in biofilm formation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Shime Hattori, Akiko ^a   Iida, Tetsuya ^a   Arita, Michiko ^b   Park, Kwon Sam ^c   Kodama, Toshio ^a   Honda, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attachment; Biofilm; Chitin; Pili; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ADSORPTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CHITIN; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; MANNOSE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33749448681     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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