Lipase LipC affects motility, biofilm formation and rhamnolipid production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Rosenau, Frank ^a,b   Isenhardt, Silke ^a   Gdynia, Aneta ^a   Tielker, Denis ^a   Schmidt, Ernst ^c   Tielen, Petra ^d   Schobert, Max ^d   Jahn, Dieter ^d   Wilhelm, Susanne ^a   Jaeger, Karl Erich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

biofilm formation; extracellular lipase LipC; motility; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; rhamnolipid production

Indexed keywords

PHOP PROTEIN; RHAMNOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LIPC GENE; LIPH GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURAL GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GLYCOLIPIDS; LIPASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77954372857     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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