Anaerobic metabolism occurs in the substratum of gonococcal biofilms and may be sustained in part by nitric oxide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2320-2328

  Falsetta, Megan L ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^b   Jennings, Michael P ^c   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISPERSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 77951250543     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01312-09     Document Type: Article

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