The dienes phenomenon: Competition and territoriality in swarming Proteus mirabilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3892-3900

  Budding, A E ^a   Ingham, C J ^b   Bitter, W ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M ^a   Schneeberger, P M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TERRITORIALITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEUS INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

HUMANS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 67549091826     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00975-08     Document Type: Article

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