Amyloid adhesins are abundant in natural biofilms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3077-3090

  Larsen, Poul ^a   Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ^a   Dueholm, Morten Simonsen ^a   Wetzel, Ronald ^b   Otzen, Daniel ^a   Nielsen, Per Halkjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMYLOID; BACTERIAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOFLAVINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMYLOID; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; THIAZOLES; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 36048943076     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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