Cell surface attachment structures contribute to biofilm formation and xylem colonization by Erwinia amylovora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7031-7039

  Koczan, Jessica M ^a   Lenneman, Bryan R ^a   McGrath, Molly J ^a   Sundin, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; CELL SURFACES; DELETION MUTANTS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GENE CLUSTERS; GENES ENCODING; IN-SILICO; LARGE POPULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PLANT HOSTS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TIME COURSE; XYLEM TISSUES;

ASSAYS; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; TISSUE;

BIOFILMS;

ADHESIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGGREGATION; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; EXOPOLYMER; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRUS; XYLEM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PYRUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XYLEM;

EID: 82955237799     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05138-11     Document Type: Article

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