The composition and metabolic phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae biofilms

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Falsetta, Megan L ^a   Steichen, Christopher T ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^b   Cho, Christine ^a   Ketterer, Margaret ^a   Shao, Jianqiang ^a   Hunt, Jason ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^c   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Biofilm; DNA; Enzymes; Matrix; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Thermonuclease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861998906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00075     Document Type: Article

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