The impact of the competence quorum sensing system on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms varies depending on the experimental model

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Trappetti, Claudia ^a,c   Gualdi, Luciana ^a   Di Meola, Lorenzo ^a   Jain, Prashant ^b   Korir, Cindy C ^b   Edmonds, Paul ^b   Iannelli, Francesco ^a   Ricci, Susanna ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a   Oggioni, Marco R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN COMC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPETENCE FACTOR, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPETENCE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79953842418     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-75     Document Type: Article

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