Escherichia coli harboring a natural IncF conjugative F plasmid develops complex mature biofilms by stimulating synthesis of colanic acid and curli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7479-7490

  May, Thithiwat ^a   Okabe, Satoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLANIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 55549098141     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00823-08     Document Type: Article

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