OmpA-mediated biofilm formation is essential for the commensal bacterium Sodalis glossinidius to colonize the tsetse fly gut

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7760-7768

  Maltz, Michele A ^a   Weiss, Brian L ^a   O'neill, Michelle ^a   Wu, Yineng ^a   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES; BIOFILM FORMATION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; HOST TISSUES; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; IN-VITRO; INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR PROCESS; MUTANT CELLS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; IMMUNOLOGY; TISSUE;

BIOFILMS;

OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMENSAL; DISEASE CONTROL; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLOSSINIDAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; METAGENOME; MUTATION; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOSSINA (GENUS); SODALIS; SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS;

EID: 84868628406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01858-12     Document Type: Article

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