Growth in a biofilm induces a hyperinfectious phenotype in Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3560-3569

  Tamayo, Rita ^a   Patimalla, Bharathi ^b   Camilli, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; CHOLERA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; SMALL INTESTINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOFILMS; CHOLERA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955297543     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00048-10     Document Type: Article

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