The interconnection between biofilm formation and horizontal gene transfer

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Madsen, Jonas Stenløkke ^a   Burmølle, Mette ^a   Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg ^a   Sørensen, Søren Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Horizontal gene transfer; Plasmids; Social evolution; Sociomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84862639570     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00960.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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