CsgA production by Escherichia coli O157:H7 alters attachment to abiotic surfaces in some growth environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7339-7344

  Goulter Thorsen, R M ^a,b   Taran, E ^b   Gentle, I R ^b   Gobius, K S ^a   Dykes, G A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC SURFACES; AFM; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CELLS; E.COLI O157:H7; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FORCE MAPPING; GROWTH MEDIUM; KNOCKOUT MUTANT; WILD TYPES;

ADHESION; ASSAYS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAMS; CONTACT ANGLE; GLASS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; STAINLESS STEEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CSGA PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; GLASS; GROWTH RATE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROPHOBICITY; STEEL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 82955168988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00277-11     Document Type: Article

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