Mat fimbriae promote biofilm formation by meningitis-associated Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2408-2417

  Lehti, Timo A ^a   Bauchart, Philippe ^b   Heikkinen, Johanna ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^b,c   Korhonen, Timo K ^a   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^b   Westerlund Wikström, Benita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIMBRIA PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 77955402698     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.039610-0     Document Type: Article

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