Could DNA uptake be a side effect of bacterial adhesion and twitching motility?

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Bakkali, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Competence; DNA uptake; Horizontal gene transfer; Social gliding; Swarming; Transformation; Twitching motility; Type IV pilus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA BINDING; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSFER; DRUG MISUSE; GENE INDUCTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOVEMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84876672527     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-013-0870-1     Document Type: Article

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