Global gene expression profile for swarming Bacillus cereus bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5149-5156

  Salvetti, Sara ^a   Faegri, Karoline ^b   Ghelardi, Emilia ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^b   Senesi, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULAR METABOLISM; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; DAPTOMYCIN; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS; ENTEROTOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GENES ENCODING; LIQUID MEDIUM; ORTHOLOGS; Q-RT-PCR; SOLID SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE; UP-REGULATION;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ENTEROTOXIN; FLAGELLIN; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN BL PROTEIN, BACILLUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; ION; METABOLISM; MOTILITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DAPTOMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961085129     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00245-11     Document Type: Article

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