Role of extracellular DNA in initial bacterial adhesion and surface aggregation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3405-3408

  Das, Theerthankar ^a   Sharma, Prashant K ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a   Krom, Bastiaan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE INTERACTION; BIOFILM MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INITIAL BACTERIAL ADHESION; SURFACE AGGREGATION; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; THERMOANALYSIS;

AGGLOMERATION;

DNA;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; DNA; SUBSTRATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DNA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77952244823     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03119-09     Document Type: Article

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