Calcium promotes exopolysaccharide phase variation and biofilm formation of the resulting phase variants in the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 643-654

  Garrison Schilling, Katherine L ^a   Grau, Brenda L ^a   McCarter, Kevin S ^a   Olivier, Brett J ^a   Comeaux, Nicole E ^a   Pettis, Gregg S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 79952099415     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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