Contribution of alginate and levan production to biofilm formation by Pseudomonas syringae

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2909-2918

  Laue, Heike ^a,d   Schenk, Alexander ^b   Li, Hongqiao ^b   Lambertsen, Lotte ^a,e   Neu, Thomas R ^c   Molin, Søren ^a   Ullrich, Matthias S ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d Arpida Ltd   (Switzerland)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBROTOXIN; CONCANAVALIN A; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LECTIN; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALGINATES; BIOFILMS; FLUORESCENCE; FRUCTANS; GENE DELETION; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NAJA MOSSAMBICA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 33749648101     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28875-0     Document Type: Article

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