Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms: Variations among strains and correlations with other cell properties

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-250

  McQueary, Christin N ^a   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abiotic surfaces; biofilms; cell motility; hydrophobicity; pellicles; pili

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 79955705823     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0343-7     Document Type: Article

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