Extracellular stress and lipopolysaccharide modulate Acinetobacter baumannii surface-associated motility

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-443

  McQueary, Christin N ^a   Kirkup, Benjamin C ^a,b   Si, Yuanzheng ^a   Barlow, Miriam ^c   Actis, Luis A ^d   Craft, David W ^a   Zurawski, Daniel V ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; biofilm; extracellular stressors; LPS; motility; nosocomial pathogen; optical mapping; swarming

Indexed keywords

IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84863323371     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-012-1555-1     Document Type: Article

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