A general role for surface membrane proteins in attachment to chitin particles and copepods of environmental and clinical vibrios

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Vezzulli, L ^a,b   Pezzati, E ^b   Repetto, B ^b   Stauder, M ^b   Giusto, G ^b   Pruzzo, C ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Chitin; Chitin binding protein; Environmental persistence; Vibrios

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHITIN BINDING PROTEINS; CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; FRACTION BOUND; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; N ACETYLS; SURFACE MEMBRANES; TEST METHOD; VIBRIO;

CHITIN;

BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHITIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIUM; CHITIN; CRUSTACEAN; INHIBITION; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO METSCHNIKOVII; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

COPEPODA; TIGRIOPUS FULVUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 37549038670     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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