Type 3 fimbriae, encoded by the conjugative plasmid pOLA52, enhance biofilm formation and transfer frequencies in Enterobacteriaceae strains

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Burmølle, Mette ^a   Bahl, Martin Iain ^a   Jensen, Lars Bogø ^b   Sørensen, Søren J ^a   Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; OLAQUINDOX;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; URINARY CATHETER;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; R FACTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 38849153516     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/010454-0     Document Type: Article

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