Spontaneous bacterial cell lysis and biofilm formation in the colon of the Cape Dune mole-rat and the laboratory rabbit

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1773-1783

  Kotzé, Sanet H ^a   Holzknecht, Zoie E ^b   Thomas, Anitra D ^b   Everett, Mary Lou ^b   Taylor, Shanna ^b   Duckett, Larry D ^c   Whitesides, John ^b   McDermott, Patrice ^b   Lin, Shu S ^b   Parker, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BD BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cecal appendix; Flow cytometry; Mole rat; Rabbit; Spontaneous lysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOFILM FORMATION; CECAL APPENDIX; CELL DEBRIS; CELL LYSIS; DNA SEQUENCING; FLOW-CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT LIGHT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; INTESTINAL FLORA; LABORATORY RODENTS; LARGE BOWEL; MOLE-RAT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RABBIT; SPONTANEOUS LYSIS; TECHNIQUES USED;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELLS; DEBRIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE ENCODING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RATS;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CECUM; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; COLON; MOLE RATS; RABBITS; RATS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYERGUS SUILLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79958125708     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3207-5     Document Type: Article

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