Outer membrane defect and stronger biofilm formation caused by inactivation of a gene encoding for heptosyltransferase I in Cronobacter sakazakii ATCC BAA-894

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 985-997

  Wang, L ^a   Hu, X ^a   Tao, G ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cronobacter sakazakii; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane; WaaC

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANES; SIGNAL ENCODING;

BIOFILM FORMATION; CRONOBACTE SAKAZAKII; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENCODINGS; GENES ENCODING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTANT STRAIN; OUTER MEMBRANE; THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WAAC;

THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIZATION; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERMEABILITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862786361     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05263.x     Document Type: Article

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