Interactions of bacteria with different mechanisms for chitin degradation result in the formation of a mixed-species biofilm

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-75

  Jagmann, Nina ^a   Von Rekowski, Katharina Styp ^a   Philipp, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Biofilm; Chitin; Flavobacterium; Interspecies interactions

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYMER;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED SPECIES BIOFILM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BIOFILMS; CHITIN; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SEPHAROSE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 83055184235     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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