Nanoscale structural and mechanical properties of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2512-2520

  Arce, Fernando Terán ^a   Carlson, Ross ^b   Monds, James ^b   Veeh, Richard ^b   Hu, Fen Z ^c,d   Stewart, Philip S ^b   Lal, Ratnesh ^a   Ehrlich, Garth D ^c,d   Avci, Recep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURGOR PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FIMBRIA; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

BIOFILMS; ELASTICITY; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 65249162729     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01596-08     Document Type: Article

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