Type IV pili and type II secretion play a limited role in Legionella pneumophila biofilm colonization and retention

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3569-3573

  Lucas, Claressa E ^a   Brown, Ellen ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMOEBIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33845981809     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/000497-0     Document Type: Article

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