Exploring the applications of invertebrate host-pathogen models for in vivo biofilm infections

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-214

  Edwards, Sarah ^a   Kjellerup, Birthe V ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Invertebrate models; Mono microbial infections; Poly microbial infections

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEATING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEMNA MINOR; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES;

EID: 84862684103     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00975.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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