Diversity of biofilms produced by quorum-sensing-deficient clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 738-748

  Schaber, J Andy ^a,b   Hammond, Adrienne ^a   Carty, Nancy L ^a   Williams, Simon C ^a   Colmer Hamood, Jane A ^a   Burrowes, Ben H ^a   Dhevan, Vijian ^a   Griswold, John A ^a   Hamood, Abdul N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nikon Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN PILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMSTAT ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLOW THROUGH CONTINUOUS CULTURE SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PILA GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SWARMING MOTILITY; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34250363604     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47031-0     Document Type: Article

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