Biofilm formation by saprophytic and pathogenic leptospires

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1309-1317

  Ristow, Paula ^a,b   Bourhy, Pascale ^a   Kerneis, Sophie ^a   Schmitt, Christine ^a   Prevost, Marie Christine ^a   Lilenbaum, Walter ^c   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPROTROPH; SPECIES HABITAT; SPIROCHETE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LEPTOSPIRA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETES;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GLASS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 46249117344     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014746-0     Document Type: Article

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