Flagellar motility is critical for Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4418-4424

  Lemon, Katherine P ^a   Higgins, Darren E ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CENTRIFUGATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; CENTRIFUGATION; FLAGELLA; GLASS; GLYCOSYLATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOVEMENT; MUTATION;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 34250348370     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01967-06     Document Type: Article

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