Induction of attachment-independent biofilm formation and repression of hfq expression by low-fluid-shear culture of Staphylococcus aureus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6368-6378

  Castro, Sarah L ^a   Nelman Gonzalez, Mayra ^b   Nickerson, Cheryl A ^c   Ott, C Mark ^d  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CELLULAR RESPONSE; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FLUID SHEAR; GENETIC EXPRESSIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; KEY FACTORS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WHOLE BLOOD;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RNA;

FLUIDS;

HOST FACTOR 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CAROTENOID; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONIZATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMER; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80052800958     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00175-11     Document Type: Article

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