Vibrio fischeri and its host: it takes two to tango

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 632-638

  Visick, Karen L ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; LUMINESCENCE; MOVEMENT; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33751234924     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.10.001     Document Type: Review

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