Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae: Role of choline, extracellular DNA, and capsular polysaccharide in microbial accretion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7785-7795

  Moscoso, Miriam ^a   García, Ernesto ^a   López, Rubens ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLASS; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN CBPA; PROTEIN LYTA; PROTEIN LYTB; PROTEIN LYTC; PROTEIN PCPA; PROTEIN PSPA; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLASS; HUMANS; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSTYRENES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33751119902     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00673-06     Document Type: Article

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