Biofilm generation by Piscirickettsia salmonis under growth stress conditions: A putative in vivo survival/persistence strategy in marine environments

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 557-566

  Marshall, Sergio H ^a,b   Gómez, Fernando A ^a   Ramírez, Ramón ^a,b   Nilo, Luis ^a   Henríquez, Vitalia ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cell aggregation; Exopolysaccharide; Lectins; Piscirickettsia salmonis; Survival strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; CONCANAVALIN A; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LECTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; CELLULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PISCIRICKETTSIA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS;

EID: 84867653795     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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