Abolition of biofilm formation in urinary tract escherichia coli and klebsiella isolates by metal interference through competition for fur

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3836-3841

  Hancock, Viktoria ^a   Dahl, Malin ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM FORMATION; CHRONIC INFECTION; DIVALENT METAL ION; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; FLOW CHAMBERS; IMMUNE DEFENSE; IRON UPTAKE; KLEBSIELLA; MICROTITER PLATES; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; UPTAKE SYSTEMS; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL IONS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BIOFILTERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; METAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; IRON; PROTEIN; URINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KLEBSIELLA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON; KLEBSIELLA; METALS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; URINARY TRACT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 77953632468     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00241-10     Document Type: Article

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