Roles of the structural symbiosis polysaccharide (syp) genes in host colonization, biofilm formation, and polysaccharide biosynthesis in Vibrio fischeri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6736-6747

  Shibata, Satoshi ^a,b   Yip, Emily S ^a,c   Quirke, Kevin P ^a,c   Ondrey, Jakob M ^a   Visick, Karen L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL INTERACTION; DELETION MUTANT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SQUID; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84870666379     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00707-12     Document Type: Article

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