Spatially selective colonization of the arthropod intestine through activation of Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 19737-19742

  Purdy, Alexandra E ^a   Watnick, Paula I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cholera; Drosophila melanogaster; Exopolysaccharide; Invertebrate model

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOST; INGESTION; INTESTINE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CHOLERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTESTINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 83755207241     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111530108     Document Type: Article

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