Contribution of cell elongation to the biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during anaerobic respiration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yoon, Mi Young ^a   Lee, Kang Mu ^a   Park, Yongjin ^a   Yoon, Sang Sun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBENICILLIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; MUTANT PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79251553514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016105     Document Type: Article

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