How do bacteria know they are on a surface and regulate their response to an adhering state?

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Busscher, Henk J ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BROWNIAN MOTION; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIFSHITZ VAN DER WAALS FORCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRESS; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84857468308     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002440     Document Type: Article

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