Nucleases in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus contribute towards efficient self-biofilm formation and eradication of preformed prey biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Lambert, Carey ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus; Biofilm formation; Endonuclease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; BIOFILM; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEASE GENE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; BIOFILMS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS;

EID: 84874221575     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12075     Document Type: Letter

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