Reflections on a sticky situation: How surface contact pulls the trigger for bacterial adhesion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-9

  Kirkpatrick, Clare L ^a   Viollier, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; FLAGELLUM; HOST CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84155172926     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07913.x     Document Type: Note

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