Twitching motility in Legionella pneumophila

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Coil, David A ^a   Anné, Jozef ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; PilE; Twitching motility; Type IV fimbriae; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHARCOAL; CYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

AGAR; CHARCOAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 62549129453     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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