Mycoplasma biofilms ex vivo and in vivo

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-81

  Simmons, Warren L ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma biofilm; Tracheal epithelium; Tracheal organ culture; Vsa protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TRACHEA;

MURINAE; MUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 65449182322     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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