Biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-465

  Domenech, Mirian ^a   García, Ernesto ^a   Moscoso, Miriam ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW RATE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84862018527     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00294.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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