Campylobacter jejuni biofilms up-regulated in the absence of the stringent response utilize a calcofluor white-reactive polysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1097-1107

  McLennan, Meghan K ^a   Ringoir, Danielle D ^a   Frirdich, Emilisa ^a   Svensson, Sarah L ^a   Wells, Derek H ^b   Jarrell, Harold ^c   Szymanski, Christine M ^c   Gaynor, Erin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; KANAMYCIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIM GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELA GENE; SPOT GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENESULFONATES; BIOFILMS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PYROPHOSPHATASES; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 38649121144     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00516-07     Document Type: Article

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