Acidic environments induce differentiation of Proteus mirabilis into swarmer morphotypes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Fujihara, Masatoshi ^a,b   Obara, Hisato ^a,b   Watanabe, Yusaku ^a,b   Ono, Hisaya K ^b   Sasaki, Jun ^a,b   Goryo, Masanobu ^a,b   Harasawa, Ryô ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hydrogen ion; Proteus mirabilis; Swarmer cell

Indexed keywords

PROTON; STRUVITE; UREA; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BROTH DILUTION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; UREA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 79959763944     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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