Multiple Vibrio fischeri genes are involved in biofilm formation and host colonization

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 562-573

  Chavez Dozal, Alba ^a   Hogan, David ^a   Gorman, Clayton ^a   Quintanal Villalonga, Alvaro ^a   Nishiguchi, Michele K ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial; Biofilm; Mutualism; Sepiolid squid; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CEPHALOPOD; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DECAPODIFORMES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA TASMANICA; SEPIOLIDA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84864629828     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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