Atomic force and super-resolution microscopy support a role for LapA as a cell-surface biofilm adhesin of Pseudomonas fluorescens

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 685-691

  Ivanov, Ivan E ^a   Boyd, Chelsea D ^b   Newell, Peter D ^b   Schwartz, Mary E ^a   Turnbull, Lynne ^c   Johnson, Michael S ^c   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^c   O'Toole, George A ^b   Camesano, Terri A ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D SIM; Adhesin; AFM; Biofilm; Weibull analysis

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADHESIN; PROTEIN LAPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; LECTINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84870758395     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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