Development of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa mushroom morphology and cavity formation by iron-starvation: A mathematical modeling study

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 308, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-78

  Miller, James K ^a   Badawy, Hope T ^a   Clemons, Curtis ^a,b   Kreider, K L ^a,b   Wilber, Pat ^a,b   Milsted, Amy ^a   Young, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Continuum modeling; Iron signaling

Indexed keywords

EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; IRON; MORPHOLOGY; MUSHROOM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CELL MOTION; FRICTION; IRON STARVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VOLUMETRY;

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84862305532     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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