Aspergillus biofilms: Clinical and industrial significance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-97

  Ramage, Gordon ^a   Rajendran, Ranjith ^a   Gutierrez Correa, Marcel ^b   Jones, Brian ^c   Williams, Craig ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillus niger; Biofilm

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN A; HYDROPHOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 80054099729     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02381.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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