Expression of xylella fastidiosa fimbrial and afimbrial proteins durine biofilm formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4250-4259

  Caserta, R ^a,b   Takita, M A ^a   Targon, M L ^a   Rosselli Murai, L K ^b   De Souza, A P ^b   Peroni, L ^b   Stach Machado, D R ^b   Andrade, A ^c   Labate, C A ^c   Kitajima, E W ^c   Machado, M A ^a   De Souza, A A ^a  

^a Centro APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira/IAC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM FORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; GENES ENCODING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; IV PILI; PHYTOPATHOGENS; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; WESTERN BLOTTING; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; XYLEM VESSELS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; GENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBODIES;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST PLANT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CITRUS FRUIT; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VINCA; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CITRUS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALVACEAE; PLANT DISEASES; VINCA; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

CITRUS; HEXAPODA; HIBISCUS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 77954289017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02114-09     Document Type: Article

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