Effect of flagellar mutations on Yersinia enterocolitica biofilm formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5466-5474

  Kim, Tae Jong ^a,b   Young, Briana M ^a   Young, Glenn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATIONS;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILM; MUTATION; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; FLAGELLUM; MUTATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 50949106506     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00222-08     Document Type: Article

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