Brucella melitensis 16M produces a mannan and other extracellular matrix components typical of a biofilm

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-377

  Godefroid, Marie ^a   Svensson, Mona V ^b   Cambier, Pierre ^a   Uzureau, Sophie ^a   Mirabella, Aurélie ^a   De Bolle, Xavier ^a   Van Cutsem, Pierre ^a   Widmalm, Göran ^b   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biofilm; Brucella; exopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; MANNAN; MANNOSE; BIOPOLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AIID GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL LINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SECRETORY VESICLE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL LINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MANNANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSTYRENES; QUORUM SENSING; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 77954625714     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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