Poly-N-acetylglucosamine mediates biofilm formation and detergent resistance in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-60

  Izano, Era A ^a   Sadovskaya, Irina ^b   Wang, Hailin ^a   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^c   Ragunath, Chandran ^a   Ramasubbu, Narayanan ^a   Jabbouri, Saïd ^b   Perry, Malcolm B ^c   Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congo red; Crystal violet; DspB

Indexed keywords

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONGO RED; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DETERGENT; DNA; HEXOSAMINE; KANAMYCIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY BETA 1,6 N ACETYL DEXTRO GLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOUTH CAVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PGAABCD GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CETYLPYRIDINIUM; CONGO RED; DETERGENTS; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; PASTEURELLACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRITIUM;

EID: 36849057709     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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