Significance of the rdar and bdar morphotypes in the hydrophobicity and attachment to abiotic surfaces of Salmonella Sofia and other poultry-associated Salmonella serovars

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-584

  Chia, T W R ^a,b   McMeekin, T A ^b   Fegan, N ^a   Dykes, G A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bdar; Cellulose; Hydrophobicity; Rdar; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; SALMONELLA;

'DRY' [; ABIOTIC SURFACES; ATTACHMENT; BDAR; MORPHOTYPES; NULL MUTANT; PARENT STRAIN; RDAR; S. SOFIA; SALMONELLA STRAINS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; POLITEF;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BROWN DRY AND ROUGH MORPHOTYPE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RED DRY AND ROUGH MORPHOTYPE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFANTIS; SALMONELLA SEROVAR; SALMONELLA SOFIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA VIRCHOW;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR SOFIA;

EID: 80054083672     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03147.x     Document Type: Note

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