Genes involved in Cronobacter sakazakii biofilm formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2251-2261

  Hartmann, Isabel ^a   Carranza, Paula ^a   Lehner, Angelika ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a   Eberl, Leo ^a   Riedel, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC SURFACES; BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE; BIOFILM FORMATION; CELLULAR PROCESS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GENETIC BASIS; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN; INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS; ON FLOW; POWDERED INFANT FORMULAE;

ADHESION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; GENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; PROTEINS;

BIOFILTERS;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; NEONATE; PATHOGEN; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

ADHESION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; FILTERS; GENES; KRAFT PULPING; PATHOGENS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STYRENE;

EID: 77950212475     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00930-09     Document Type: Article

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