Deletion of the glycosyltransferase bgsB of Enterococcus faecalis leads to a complete loss of glycolipids from the cell membrane and to impaired biofilm formation

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Theilacker, Christian ^a   Sava, Irina ^a   Sanchez Carballo, Patricia ^b   Bao, Yinyin ^a   Kropec, Andrea ^a   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a   Holst, Otto ^b   Huebner, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Research Center Borstel   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM ASSOCIATED GLYCOLIPID SYNTHESIS A; BIOFILM ASSOCIATED GLYCOLIPID SYNTHESIS B; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; DELETION MUTANT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79953644934     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-67     Document Type: Article

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