Phenotypic and genetic differences between opaque and translucent colonies of Vibrio alginolyticus

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-531

  Chang, Chen ^a   Jin, Xie ^a   Chaoqun, Hu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colony morphology; Motility; Phase variation; Polysaccharide; Vibrio alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; REAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BIOFILMS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 67650230612     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010902964578     Document Type: Article

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