Mycobacterial biofilms facilitate horizontal DNA transfer between strains of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5134-5142

  Nguyen, Kiet T ^a,c   Piastro, Kristina ^a,d   Gray, Todd A ^a,b   Derbyshire, Keith M ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN LSR2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL CONTACT; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 77957360780     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00650-10     Document Type: Article

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