Bacillus subtilis biofilm induction by plant polysaccharides

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Beauregard, Pascale B ^a   Chai, Yunrong ^b,c   Vlamakis, Hera ^a   Losick, Richard ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Microbial development; Pectin; Xylan

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT EXUDATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; DNA PRIMERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALACTANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84876852697     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218984110     Document Type: Article

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