Identification of type 3 fimbriae in uropathogenic Escherichia coli reveals a role in biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1054-1063

  Ong, Cheryl Lynn Y ^a   Ulett, Glen C ^a   Mabbett, Amanda N ^a   Beatson, Scott A ^a   Webb, Richard I ^a   Monaghan, Wayne ^b   Nimmo, Graeme R ^b   Looke, David F ^b   McEwan, Alastair G ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHAPERONE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MRKABCDF GENE; MRKB GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPOSON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER KOSERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 38649087338     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01523-07     Document Type: Article

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