Increase in rhamnolipid synthesis under iron-limiting conditions influences surface motility and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2973-2980

  Glick, Rivka ^a   Gilmour, Christie ^b   Tremblay, Julien ^c   Satanower, Shirley ^a   Avidan, Ofir ^a   Déziel, Eric ^c   Greenberg, E Peter ^d   Poole, Keith ^b   Banin, Ehud ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; IRON; RHAMNOLIPID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWITCHING MOTILITY; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IRON; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77954025081     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01601-09     Document Type: Article

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