Isolation and characterization of Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica (SBT033), an EPS-producing biofilm bacterium from the seawater intake point of a tropical power station: EPS producing Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-515

  Saravanan, Periasamy ^a,b   Prabagaran, S R ^c   Venkata Nancharaiah, Y ^d   Krishnaveni, M ^a   Venugopalan, Vayalam P ^d   Jayachandran, Seetharaman ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Water and Steam Chemistry Division   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biofilm formation; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Exopolysaccharides; Intake point; Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA; SEAWATER;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS); PSEUDOALTEROMONAS RUTHENICA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS RUTHENICA;

EID: 41049113483     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9501-9     Document Type: Article

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