Flagellated but not hyperfimbriated Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium attaches to and forms biofilms on cholesterol-coated surfaces

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2981-2990

  Crawford, Robert W ^a   Reeve, Kristin E ^a   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; GLASS; PLASTIC; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BILE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLATE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CHOLESTEROL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77954003190     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01620-09     Document Type: Article

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