Fusobacterium nucleatum, the first Gramnegative bacterium demonstrated to produce polyglutamate

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-632

  Candela, Thomas ^a,b   Moya, Marie ^a   Haustant, Michel ^a   Fouet, Agnès ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Gram negative bacteria; Poly glutamate; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE SEQUENCES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; IN-SILICO; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYGLUTAMATE; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES;

BACTERIA;

GENE PRODUCT; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 66849113862     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-003     Document Type: Review

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