The cyclic AMP-dependent catabolite repression system of Serratia marcescens mediates biofilm formation through regulation of type 1 fimbriae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3461-3470

  Kalivoda, Eric J ^a   Stella, Nicholas A ^a   O'Dee, Dawn M ^b   Nau, Gerard J ^b   Shanks, Robert M Q ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON OPTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETAL MONITORING; GLUCOSE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MECHANISMS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE (AC); AMERICAN SOCIETY; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; CARBON SOURCES; CARBON UTILIZATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL DIVISIONS; CYCLIC AMP (CAMP); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; ENTERIC BACTERIA; GLUCOSE UPTAKE; RECEPTOR (IR); REGULATORY PATHWAYS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION (RT); S. MARCESCENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS (SFUA); SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); WIDE-RANGE;

BIOFILMS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN CYAA; PROTEIN FIMA; PROTEIN FIMB; PROTEIN FIMC; PROTEIN FIMD;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; MOTILITY; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 44949152721     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02733-07     Document Type: Article

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