Atomic force microscopy of a ctpA mutant in Rhizobium leguminosarum reveals surface defects linking CtpA function to biofilm formation

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3049-3058

  Dong, Jun ^a   Signo, Karla S L ^a   Vanderlinde, Elizabeth M ^a   Yost, Christopher K ^a   Dahms, Tanya E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CTPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUTATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 80155164969     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.051045-0     Document Type: Article

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