Imaging and analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarming and rhamnolipid production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8310-8317

  Morris, Joshua D ^a   Hewitt, Jessica L ^b   Wolfe, Lawrence G ^b,c   Kamatkar, Nachiket G ^b   Chapman, Sarah M ^a   Diener, Justin M ^a   Courtney, Andrew J ^b   Leevy, W Matthew ^a   Shrout, Joshua D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c NSF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NILE RED; P. AERUGINOSA CELLS; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SURFACE GROWTH; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

FLUORESCENCE; SALMONELLA; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CELL CULTURE;

GLYCOLIPID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RHAMNOLIPID;

BACTERIUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; IMAGING METHOD; LIPID; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PROTEIN; SURFACTANT; SWARMING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAINING; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

GENES, REPORTER; GLYCOLIPIDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 83255192307     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06644-11     Document Type: Article

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