Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a model microorganism for investigation of chemotactic behaviors in ecosystem

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Kato, Junichi ^a   Kim, Hye Eun ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a   Ohtake, Hisao ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemosensing; chemotaxis; ecological interactions; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLENE; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES; CHEMOSENSING; CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEMS; CHEMOTACTIC RESPONSES; CHEMOTAXIS; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; GENOME ANALYSIS; INORGANIC PHOSPHATE; MOTILE BACTERIA; P. AERUGINOSA; PREY-PREDATOR; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ETHYLENE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHE GENE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME ANALYSIS; MCP GENE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHEMOTAXIS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 48449083218     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.106.1     Document Type: Article

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