Insight into the composition of the intercellular matrix of Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 502-516

  Domenech, Mirian ^a,b   García, Ernesto ^a,b   Prieto, Alicia ^a   Moscoso, Miriam ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYTC PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84873142364     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02853.x     Document Type: Article

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